Major Issue with Legal Immigration Gets Exposed by Fox News’ Will Cain [WATCH]

Will Cain and Jonathan Fahey discussed immigration policy, welfare usage, and immigration enforcement trends in Europe during a recent exchange that examined federal welfare participation among immigrant households and the broader policy implications.

Cain began the discussion by citing data related to welfare usage among immigrant households in the United States.

According to the figures he referenced, both illegal immigrant households and those headed by legal immigrants participate in federal welfare programs at notable rates.

“60% of illegal households are on welfare. That’s not a one off number. We’ve shown you the data, and it doesn’t just apply to illegal households, but legal immigrant head of households as well, use welfare at a higher rate than us. Born households, whether or not you’re talking about Medicaid, food or cash, total welfare, illegal households, almost 60% legal immigrant households, almost 52% on some form of federal welfare.”

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Cain emphasized that the statistics reflect measurable trends rather than political messaging.

“That’s not spin, that’s not hate, that’s math, and common sense says if you invite someone into your home, make sure they don’t steal the silverware. That’s not cruel, that’s rational.”

Fahey responded by arguing that immigration discussions often focus narrowly on whether immigration is legal or illegal, while overlooking broader questions about the long-term impact on the country.

“We always talk about immigration in terms of illegal is bad, but all legal is good, and it really isn’t. That’s really not the way it works out.”

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Fahey said policymakers should ask more fundamental questions about immigration before approving entry.

“And the questions that should be being asked before anyone comes here legally is, will they make the United States better? Will they assimilate? And is there a minimal to no risk of them harming us?”

He continued by emphasizing what he described as common-sense considerations.

“Is our country going to be stronger, safer, more prosperous because of them? And if we can’t answer that affirmatively, they shouldn’t come in. Common sense says if you invite someone to your home, make sure they’re not going to steal the silverware and tear up your house.”

Cain then turned to the issue of welfare dependency and how policy incentives can shape long-term outcomes.

“That’s not complicated. Incentives matter, policy matters. And when benefits outweigh opportunity, you get dependency.”

He argued that dependency can extend beyond the first generation.

“And that dependency, this is the shocking part, isn’t temporary. It lasts generations.”

Cain said the issue is visible across multiple generations regardless of race or immigration status.

“Let’s zoom out now and look at this second and third generation welfare dependency, regardless of race, immigrant status and welfare dependency in the second generation and the third generation is transient. It sticks.”

He added that dependency can increase over time.

“It’s here to stay, and often goes up by the third generation, higher than it was in the second generation.”

Cain said that allowing immigrants who rely on welfare to remain in the system can lead to long-term consequences.

“So you let an immigrant in that goes on to welfare, you find yourself with generations of families of immigrants on welfare.”

The discussion also expanded to international immigration policies, with Cain noting that some countries have begun adopting stricter measures.

“This has not just happened in the United States. This has become a problem across the world, and many countries are beginning to push back.”

Cain cited Austria as one example of a country implementing policies that encourage voluntary departures.

“Austria is among them. They’re stepping up with measures, and they have induced more than 6500 people to leave Austria, most of them on their own accord, voluntary remigration.”

He also referenced enforcement activity in Germany.

“It’s happening in Germany as well, where deportations are up 21% compared to 2023.”

Cain said the concept of remigration has increasingly become part of political debate.

“That word remigration, it’s a word that the far left calls far right. They call it a fringe idea, but it’s going mainstream.”

He then referenced how the concept was described in media coverage by Al Jazeera.

“I want you to take a look at the way this is characterized, this concept of re migration, it is when someone voluntarily goes back to their country of origin.”

Cain then cited how the outlet described the term.

“But take a look at how it’s characterized when it is written about in Al Jazeera. I think it’s important to use, in this case, Al Jazeera as our source.”

“They write, what is remigration? Broadly, remigration refers to when an immigrant voluntarily returns to their country of origin.”

“However, in the context of far right movements, remigration is a method of ethnic cleansing for white nationalists. White ethno nationalist.”

“Re migration is a process through which all non white people are forcibly removed from traditionally white countries.”

Cain criticized the language used to describe the concept.

“Let’s pause there for a moment and just consider the language that is used here by Al Jazeera. They talk about ethno nationalism and ethnic cleansing, admitting that it’s voluntary, but also somehow calling it forcible.”

He concluded by arguing that the debate surrounding the concept has expanded beyond media commentary.

“They paint it as this terrible picture of far right white nationalism, but we’ve heard that now as it’s even made its way that argument not just in Al Jazeera, but to the Halls of Capitol Hill just yesterday.”

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