Race/Related: Children of immigrants have poverty rates more than twice those of other children

Both legal immigrants and undocumented parents face hurdles in getting aid. 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Gabriel Garcia is a talkative 10-year-old whose mother is a chemist but drives for Uber and whose father squeezes grocery costs by posting receipts on the refrigerator door. Although the families differ greatly — Jacqueline’s parents are unauthorized Salvadoran immigrants with little education, while Gabriel’s left rewarding professions in Venezuela and won legal asylum in the United States — the Nashville-area youths have two things in common. They are children of poor immigrants. And their families have less access to aid than natives with the same incomes. Children of immigrants, the fastest-growing group of American youths, have poverty rates more than twice those of other children. That is partly because their families earn less than native workers, but also because they face more barriers to government support. The barriers are largest for children of undocumented immigrants, but families of legal immigrants face obstacles, too. [More than 40 percent](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmE85VP4ShAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnNjaWVuY2VkaXJlY3QuY29tL3NjaWVuY2UvYXJ0aWNsZS9waWkvUzE4NzYyODU5MjEwMDM3NTI_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMzA0MDgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9ODk2MTkmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEyOTkxNCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcjOn46dGV4dD1DaGlsZHJlbiUyMGluJTIwaW1taWdyYW50JTIwZmFtaWxpZXMlMjBhcmUlMjBiZWNvbWluZyUyMGElMjBsYXJnZXIlMjBzaGFyZSUyMG9mLG9mJTIwYWxsJTIwY2hpbGRyZW4lMjBpbiUyMHBvdmVydHkuJnRleHQ9VGhlJTIwdmFzdCUyMG1ham9yaXR5JTIwb2YlMjBjaGlsZHJlbiw5MSUyNSklMjBhcmUlMjBVUyUyMGNpdGl6ZW5zLlcDbnl0QgpkL1VJMWQe4Nn-Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) of the country’s poor children are children of immigrants. While most are American citizens, about half have an undocumented parent, which bars the whole household from some government benefits. For parents who immigrated legally, obstacles to aid include waiting periods, language barriers and lack of program knowledge. Were Jacqueline’s parents native-born, the family could receive $12,000 in tax credits and food subsidies. Being undocumented bars them from three-quarters of that support, leaving Jacqueline — an American child, Tennessee born and raised — thousands of dollars below the poverty line. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-0) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmE85VP0SZaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTQ5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIzMDQwOCZ0ZT0xJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwNDA4VwNueXRCCmQvVUkxZB7g2f5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) The Acevedos recently reunited with their two sons after a separation of two decades.Desiree Rios/The New York Times As legal immigrants who do not speak English, Mr. Garcia and his wife face different impediments. While they qualify for food stamps, they only recently learned of the program and are unsure if it is proper to apply. The question of immigrants’ access to aid has long generated sharp divisions, but the debate has grown more consequential as immigrant families account for a [growing share of American children](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmE85VP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWlncmF0aW9ucG9saWN5Lm9yZy9wcm9ncmFtcy9kYXRhLWh1Yi9jaGFydHMvY2hpbGRyZW4taW1taWdyYW50LWZhbWlsaWVzP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwNDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTg5NjE5Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMjk5MTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmQvVUkxZB7g2f5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). 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They call it unfair to tax Americans for imported poverty, especially when immigrants come illegally, and warn that more welfare could encourage more unauthorized entries. If poverty among immigrants is a problem, they say, the solution is to admit fewer needy immigrants. Even with the restrictions, immigrants get welfare at elevated rates because they are disproportionately poor. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-2) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmE85VP0SZaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIzMDQwOCZ0ZT0xJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwNDA4VwNueXRCCmQvVUkxZB7g2f5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) “The more welfare that immigrants use, the more difficult it becomes to afford anti-poverty initiatives for the native-born,” said Steven A. Camarota of the Center for Immigration Studies, a group that seeks to sharply reduce immigration. In Nashville, a growing immigration hub, Jacqueline Acevedo’s father, Julio, confronts child poverty as parent and pastor. His modest church, which meets in a converted house, acts as a safety net of last resort, offering food, clothing and testaments to God’s love to newcomers from across Latin America. Many, like him, are undocumented. More interested in scripture than politics, Mr. Acevedo, 47, is reluctant to complain about restrictions on immigrant aid. “I’m very, very, grateful to God and to this country because I’m aware that I’m better off here,” he said. But when he talked of seeing children in church without enough to eat, his voice caught. “I know what it’s like to be hungry,” he said. Fredi Hernandez’s family pools their earnings, which lift the family above the poverty line.Desiree Rios/The New York Times Fleeing Violence and Hardship Poverty is all Mr. Acevedo has known. He was born just before the [Salvadoran civil war](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmE85VP0TbaHR0cHM6Ly9hbWVyaWNhbmFyY2hpdmUub3JnL2V4aGliaXRzL25ld3Nob3VyLWNvbGQtd2FyL2VsLXNhbHZhZG9yP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwNDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTg5NjE5Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMjk5MTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmQvVUkxZB7g2f5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), and was 4 when his father died of an undiagnosed disease. Soldiers burned the family home, leaving his mother a homeless widow with more children than she could feed. He joined the army at 16 but left it a dozen years later to avoid a mission in Iraq. By then, his wife, Rosa, had joined a brother in Nashville and found work as a cook. Mr. Acevedo followed, leaving their sons, 2 and 4, with relatives. Though he planned to return in a few years, the separation lasted two decades, as the Acevedos decided the best way to help their sons was to send money for their education. The family reunited only a few weeks ago when the brothers, weary of the separation, made their own unauthorized journey to Tennessee. The birth of Jacqueline, 12 years ago, further rooted the Acevedos in the United States. “She is a gift of God,” Mr. Acevedo said. Like all children, she is also an expense. Working together, the Acevedos earned about $26,000 a year during the pandemic selling bread to grocery stores, and Mr. Acevedo spends Fridays on volunteer church work, to thank God for saving him from war and alcoholism. Since Jacqueline is a citizen, they receive the child tax credit, and she receives free school meals and Medicaid. Native-born families and most legal immigrants could get much more: roughly $9,300 in food stamps and the earned-income tax credit, which undocumented immigrants cannot collect. (Though Jacqueline is eligible for a prorated food stamp benefit, the family is unaware of the policy.) The additional aid would lift her above the government poverty line. Immigrants compensate for barriers to aid in part by working more. Mr. Acevedo’s assistant pastor and half brother, Fredi Hernandez, works in a factory. Mr. Hernandez’s wife cleans, and their two daughters, 18 and 21, mix work and school and give the parents most of their pay. (The adults are undocumented, and a young son is a citizen.) “It’s very important we all work,” Mr. Hernandez said. The pooled earnings lift the family above the poverty line, but they struggled when they arrived seven years ago. Fleeing gang violence that killed a friend, one daughter developed temporary facial paralysis, grew depressed and cut herself, but the family could not afford medical care. “We felt powerless,” Mr. Hernandez said. “I’m not complaining — it’s just a fact. 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