Cashing In: Illegal Immigrants Get $1,261 More Welfare than American Families, $5,692 vs. $4,431 Adan Salazar Posted on May 9, 2016 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Total cost is over $103 billion in welfare benefits to households headed by immigrants. Share this:Share Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email