New data undermine one of his administration's primary arguments as President Donald Trump intensifies his anti-immigration speech and orders the holding of federal money for social programs in states led by Democrats.

A record A research by the Cato Institute, a libertarian-focused research institute rarely associated with liberal sympathies, revealed that refugees without US citizen account for less than 5 % of fraud against societal programs in the US. According to the data, between 2013 and 2024, US citizens accounted for 95 % of fraud losses, which were estimated to be worth$ 5. 5 billion, while non-citizens accounted for only 4. 6 %. According to the report, which is based on data from the US Sentencing Commission, immigrants commit fraud 31 % less frequently than citizens and are 8 % less likely to be found guilty of this crime. Since 2015, there has been a 57 % failure rate for social plan fraud convictions among refugees, which is far from increasing. Even so, the Trump administration has justified mass immigration raids, restrictions on" Third World" immigration, the elimination of Temporary Protected Status ( TPS), and new travel bans by using isolated cases, such as the childcare fraud scandal involving members of the Somali community in Minnesota. California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York are the five Democratic-led says where the administration also announced it would withdraw significant financing for child and family support programs. Without providing any public evidence, the Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS) claimed that there are" suspicions" that benefits were given to ineligible individuals. Low-income children and families, many of whom are US people, are directly benefited by the affected programs like the Child Care and Development Fund, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and the Block Grant for Social Services. Democratic lawmakers and administrators have accused the White House of using the most defenseless as a political tool. Governor Kathy Hochul of New York, who did not rule out bringing legal action against the federal government, warned that "our children should not be social puppets. " Governor Gavin Newsom's office in California was harsher, referring to the state's track record in preventing fraud and calling the president a" persistent liar. "

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