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These Somalis are refugees. So they are in a special class and get access to full smorgasbord of Federal welfare bennies right off the bat.

http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/wrb/publications/pb/pb15.htm
Refugees and asylees are eligible for all welfare benefits for the first seven years they reside in the U.S., after which their eligibility is greatly reduced. Non-citizens who have worked for ten years and armed forces personnel and their dependents are eligible for all benefits. Finally, some emergency benefits—especially Medicaid—are provided to all non-citizens.
http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:Yc0c_pHiJE8C:www.visaus.com/benefits.html+refugees++federal++benefits&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Supplemental Security Income
Q. What is Supplemental Security Income (SSI)?
A. SSI is a federally-funded program that provides cash benefits to low-income people who are aged, blind, or disabled. Since SSI is a federal program, the rules about which noncitizens are eligible are the same regardless of the state in which one lives. SSI is administered by the Social Security Administration.
Q. Can refugees receive SSI benefits?
A. Refugees can receive SSI benefits if they meet all the requirements for eligibility (such as having limited income and resources and being aged or disabled) and meet one of the following six criteria:
All refugees during their first seven years in the U.S. During their first seven years in the U.S., low-income refugees are eligible for SSI under the same rules as native-born citizens. This rule applies to all refugees, regardless of when they entered the country or whether they have adjusted their status since entering the U.S.

The whole immigration system should be revamped immediately. Legal immigration can be worse than illegal immigration, refugees are often just scams, many have no need to come here and if they're coming only to end up on welfare then we don't need them. If they can't speak English and make it on their own here by working then they're better off in their homelands. Legal status is given out far too easily and to many of the wrong people and no immigrant should be on any kind of federal aid.