I cited Betsy for the factoid about most Americans on food stamps who are both able-bodied and have no kids to mind, but who still don't work.
Yes, I call that indolence. What do you call it? And more to the point, why should an employer seek to hire such Americans when there's an immigrant who'll jump through hoops to work?
I read your link. It didn't say who the people were in American homes. Maybe this will set you straight.
Excerpt:
Legal And Illegal Immigrants Are On Welfare
In analyzing new Census reports, the Center for Immigration Studies found that immigrant families with one or more children use welfare far more than American families.
“Welfare use by illegal immigrant households is certainly a concern, but the bigger issue is welfare use by legal immigrants,†said Steven Camarota, the Center’s director of research and author of the report.
“Three-fourths of immigrant households using welfare are headed by legal immigrants. Legal immigration is supposed to benefit the country, yet so many legal immigrants are not able to support themselves or their children. This raises important questions about the selection criteria used for legal immigration,†said Camarota.
The report highlights the economics of immigration, especially illegal immigration, and comes as Syrian refugees are seeking to settle in European nations that provide rich welfare benefits. The report also suggests that America is attracting poor and uneducated immigrants. “Low levels of education — not legal status — are the main reason immigrant welfare use is high,†said the Center’s preview of their report.
It shows that legal immigrant households make extensive use of welfare, while illegal immigrant households primarily benefit from food stamps and Medicaid because of their US born children, known as anchor babies.
According to the report, “Households headed by legal immigrants have statistically significant higher use of welfare than American households overall, and for cash and food programs as well as Medicaid. This is the case a decade and a half after the 1996 welfare reform law, which was supposed to greatly limit immigrant access to the welfare system.â€
It added: “If one assumes that legal immigration is supposed to benefit the country, then immigrants allowed into the country should have much lower rates of welfare use than natives. However, our best estimate is that nearly half (49 percent) of households headed by legal immigrants used at least one welfare program in 2012.â€
http://intelligentuspolitics.com/87-percent-of-illegal-immigrants-are-on-welfare/