<i>What qualifies as, &quot;able to work&quot; and &quot;actively seeking work&quot; are pretty subjective and there are some prominent examples where these rules are in place and easily gamed.</i><p>I don&#x27;t disagree, but as retort to the blanket Friedman quote, it&#x27;s valid, because those problems are orthogonal to immigrants; actually, I seem to recall that the natives are disproportionately represented in welfare fraud, but I don&#x27;t have my sources to hand.