What benefits can American immigrants enjoy?

The welfare of immigrants in the United States is very rich. After naturalization, everyone can enjoy the qualification of local citizens. Next, let's look at the benefits that American immigrants can enjoy.

Immigrant advantage

First, the employment advantage.

With a green card, there will be no restrictions on working in America. In order to protect the interests of Americans, many jobs in the United States (high-tech, biochemical, military and other research, production, security work) are not open to foreigners, even if foreigners have corresponding knowledge and expertise. This situation makes international students in an extremely unequal competitive situation with American students when they look for jobs after graduating from college. Green card holders can turn this "disadvantage" into "advantage".

If you really can't find a job, the US government also has a special agency to find jobs for our people free of charge. Green card holders can get free basic employment skills (such as computer and English) training as long as they register in this department. At the same time, the organization will also provide corresponding job opportunities according to the skills, expertise and interests of the registrant.

Second, the tuition advantage.

Tuition is an expensive investment for students studying in the United States. Students who get a green card can attend all public primary and secondary schools in the United States for free before 18 years old. At university, students who immigrate to the United States can enjoy the same tuition as local students. Take the University of California at Berkeley as an example. Local students only need more than $65,438+00,000 for one-year undergraduate tuition, while international students need to pay $36,000.

In addition, green card holders above 18 can apply for various kinds of student loans after getting a green card. Take the excellent private universities in the United States as an example, the annual tuition fee is as high as 30 thousand dollars; If a green card holder wants to study for a master's degree for two years, he can probably apply for a student loan of 60,000 to 70,000 dollars. In case you can't find a job after graduation, the loan can be paid off temporarily and paid off in years after you find a job. Usually you only need to pay one tenth of your salary every month to repay the loan.

Third, the advantages of admission and scholarship

After having an American green card, in addition to attending public primary and secondary schools, the chances of entering a top university in the university application stage will be greater. Only 65,438+00% of the places in the top 20 universities in the United States will be reserved for international students (including China students). Not only that, quite a few popular majors have high requirements when recruiting international students. After having a green card in the United States, children can enjoy the same admission treatment as American children.

For China students who are interested in applying for American university scholarships, they can only compete with outstanding students from all over the world for very limited scholarship places open to foreigners. But for students with green cards, the scope of scholarships they can enjoy far exceeds the scope that a foreign student can apply for. Because many scholarship institutions in the United States limit scholarships to "Americans." Therefore, after immigrating to the United States, children are far more likely to apply for scholarships than overseas students.

Fourth, retirement benefits.

Green card holders who have paid taxes for 10 years can receive a pension from the US federal government for life after retirement (usually 65 years old) ($65,438+$0,000 ~ $65,438+$0,200 per month). For many immigrants, the number of years of receiving a pension is more than the number of years of paying taxes. In addition, green card holders can apply for buying apartments for low-income elderly people after retirement. You can buy a house subsidized by your country in the United States at about 35% of the market price.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) endowment insurance

American "low-income" green card holders (without tax records) can apply for a "medical card" after retirement, and they can see any disease without spending money, thus avoiding the high medical expenses in the United States and completely relieving the worries of the elderly about illness. For non-low-income people, as long as they have a ten-year accumulated tax record and pay a small amount of insurance after retirement, they don't have to bear the medical expenses themselves.

The three states with the most immigrants.

According to the data reported by CNN Money, California has the largest immigrant population, with10.5 million. Since 1970, California has never lost the top spot.

25% of legal and illegal immigrants in the United States live in California. The immigrant population of Texas and new york is 4.5 million, accounting for 1 1% of all immigrants, and tied for second place. In recent decades, immigrants from Mexico, South Asia and East Asia have risen sharply, making the immigrant population in Texas and California grow steadily since the 1970s. 56% immigrants from Texas come from Mexico, and Mexican immigrants from California account for 4 1%. Immigrants in new york are more diverse. Mexican immigrants account for 6% of the immigrants in the state, which is the smallest group. Other immigrants come from Asia, Central America, South America, Europe and the Caribbean.

Many people from Texas have also left the United States.

According to a survey released by Pew at the end of last year, with the strengthening of immigration law enforcement in the United States, from 20 15 to 2020, 654.38 million Mexicans and their families (including American-born children) left the United States voluntarily, while 870,000 Mexicans entered the United States in the same period.

According to the CNN Money website, the study said that these Mexicans left the United States for a variety of reasons, the most important of which are two points: one is the slow economic recovery in the United States, and the other is missing their relatives in their hometown.

Immigrant-friendly city

Austin, Texas

The floating population is about 1.5 million, accounting for 1.9% of the city's total population. Hispanic immigrants have the largest population, nearly doubling since 1995, and the share of Asian immigrants is also large. The city has made continuous efforts to overcome the language barrier of immigrant life and created more employment opportunities.

Seattle _ Washington.

The immigrant population has exceeded 654.38 million, accounting for more than 17% of the city's total population. Most of them are from Asia, but some are from Europe, Latin America and Africa. The local police station has set up a 10 advisory committee to solve the problems of ethnic minorities.