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Can immigrants get Medicaid and SNAP?=C2=A0
Government assistance isn=E2=80=99t one-size-fits-all. For immigrants in th=
e United States, eligibility depends on income, work history, and immigrati=
on status. Changes enacted with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) resha=
ped who can access programs such as Medicaid and SNAP. Let=E2=80=99s unpack=
who qualifies for what with this=C2=A0[unique visual]([link removed]
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[Immigrant eligibility for programs and duties]([link removed]
es/immigrant-program-eligibility/)
- Immigrants with long-term lawful status, such as green card holders, are =
eligible for some federal programs such as Social Security as soon as they =
are granted that status and others like CHIP (Childhood Health Insurance Pr=
ogram) after five years.
- Unauthorized immigrants are typically ineligible for these programs, with=
one exception: public K-12 education is available to all children, regardl=
ess of status.
- In some cases, states can also offer immigrants additional healthcare cov=
erage. For example, every state offers Emergency Medicaid, which is a limit=
ed version of Medicaid to treat people who would otherwise qualify if not f=
or their immigration status in medical emergencies.
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- Immigrants pay into public benefit programs through sales, property, stat=
e, local, and income taxes. It=E2=80=99s estimated that about half of undoc=
umented immigrants pay federal, state, and local taxes.
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- In 2025, the OBBB limited eligibility for SNAP, Medicaid, and Medicare be=
nefits to green card holders. It also phased out some access for people wit=
h temporary protection or humanitarian statuses, such as CHIP access for re=
fugees.
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How many arrests does ICE make?=C2=A0
In the aftermath of 9/11, the federal government reorganized immigration en=
forcement under the newly created Department of Homeland Security. One resu=
lt of this reorganization? Immigration and Customs Enforcement, often calle=
d ICE. You may have seen the agency in the headlines this year, so [here=E2=
=80=99s more on the arrests ICE makes]([link removed]
y-people-does-ice-arrest/country/united-states/).
- ICE's mission includes an enforcement and removal operations (ERO) divisi=
on to carry out civil immigration law enforcement inside the US. It also ma=
kes some of ICE=E2=80=99s criminal arrests. =C2=A0=C2=A0
[Administrative arrests by the ERO division]([link removed]
ow-many-people-does-ice-arrest/country/united-states/)
- ICE made 149,071 arrests in fiscal year 2024. Over 76% of them (113,430) =
were administrative arrests by ERO. The rest were criminal arrests, includi=
ng 3,032 by ERO.=C2=A0
- The number of administrative arrests has fluctuated for more than a decad=
e. Since FY 2014, monthly totals have ranged from a high of 19,040 in Octob=
er 2013 to 2,450 in February 2021 (the lowest point during the pandemic).=
=C2=A0
- Of the 113,430 administrative arrests in FY 2024, about half (57,690) inv=
olved people with prior criminal convictions. It wasn=E2=80=99t necessarily=
one conviction each =E2=80=94 it averaged out to 3.4 convictions per perso=
n. The most common offenses were:
- Traffic offenses (24.7%)=C2=A0
- Immigration-related offenses (15.5%)=C2=A0
- Dangerous drug offenses (14.1%)=C2=A0
- Updates of this data have been delayed since January 2025. It is typicall=
y published monthly, but the Office of Homeland Security Statistics has ack=
nowledged that the monthly reports are delayed while under review.=C2=A0
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Data behind the news
Florida has announced plans to eliminate childhood vaccine mandates. Nation=
wide, more and more children are getting vaccine exemptions. [Read this new=
ly published article]([link removed]
accine-exemptions-heres-where/) on the trend, and stay tuned for a deeper d=
ive in a newsletter later this month. =C2=A0
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President Trump has nominated someone to take a short-term spot on the Fede=
ral Reserve=E2=80=99s board of governors. Meanwhile, the Justice Department=
has opened an investigation into another Federal Reserve board member. [He=
re=E2=80=99s an explainer]([link removed]
e-explained/) on what the Federal Reserve does.=C2=A0
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[How many students are bullied?]([link removed]
dents-are-harassed-or-bullied/)
Bullying and harassment of K-12 students based on sex, race, or disability =
[fell 84%]([link removed]
bullied/) from the 2011=E2=80=932012 school year to 2020=E2=80=932021. In t=
hat decade, the number of full-time school counselors nationwide also incre=
ased by 83%, from about 69,359 to 127,201.=C2=A0
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