I recently got laid off and wont get hired back until march. I was thinking of claiming unemployment benefits as this will allow me to concentrate completely on school, but can we even get those benefits to begin with? According to my supervisor, its me and the company who pays for unemployment so he didnt think it would be a problem for me. I was looking at the unemployment website of the state I live in and it only asks for a social security and a Alien registration number. Should I do it or man up and get a part time job somewhere? Would this be looked upon by immigration as being a public charge?