The White House tweeted Wednesday morning President Trump's plans to protect the United States Welfare System for American citizens.Â
According to the White House website, President Trump says "to protect benefits for American citizens, immigrants must be financially self-sufficient."
The White House tweeted later Wednesday morning "58 percent if all households headed by a non-citizen use at lease one welfare program".Â
President Trump goes on to talk about ways in which he will promote this self-sufficiency.
He is enforcing existing restrictions on welfare use by non-citizens in order to promote self-sufficiency.Â
The Trump Administration introduced the idea of a merit-based immigration method.
They claim this new method will be a way to ensure those coming to the United States are self-sufficient and do not strain public resources.Â
(Whitehouse.gov contributed to this report.)
