The 1996 welfare reform law restricted immigrants' eligibility for public assistance, although many states have at least partially restored their eligibility. However, about three-fourths of the children of non-citizen immigrants were born in the United States and are therefore eligible for all government benefits. This brief examines whether native-born children of immigrant parents who have not themselves become citizens receive public assistance at the same level as comparable children of native-born parents. The sample is a 1999 survey of about 2,400 families in low-income neighborhoods in Boston, Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas. Results find that native-born children of non-citizen immigrants appear to be receiving less cash assistance (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Supplemental Security Income) in all three cities. Among the reasons native-born children of non-citizens do not receive cash assistance is the perception among some immigrants that receiving cash assistance will later be counted against them when their applications for citizenship are reviewed. In Boston and San Antonio, low-income families are receiving about as much in-kind assistance as other families (food stamps, Medicaid, and Women, Infants, and Children nutritional program). The implications of these findings are discussed. (Contains 22 endnotes and 4 figures.) (SM)