Illegal immigration costing record $135 billion a year, study shows

[Swordsmyth]

The swelling population of illegal immigrants and their kids is costing American taxpayers $135 billion a year, the highest ever, driven by free medical care, education and a huge law enforcement bill, according to the the most authoritative report on the issue yet.
And despite claims from pro-illegal immigration advocates that the aliens pay significant off-setting taxes back to federal, state and local treasuries, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (https://fairus.org/issue/publications-resources/fiscal-burden-illegal-immigration-united-states-taxpayers) report tallied just $19 billion, making the final hit to taxpayers about $116 billion.
State and local governments are getting ravaged by the costs, at over $88 billion. The federal government, by comparison, is getting off easy at $45 billion in costs for illegals.

More at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/record-135-billion-a-year-for-illegal-immigration-average-8075-each-25000-in-ny/article/2635757

[Raginfridus]

Add to that the $40 billion fighting the War on Drugs, sense that's also driven illegal immigration:
http://www.drugsense.org/cms/wodclock

[oyarde]

So really more than that .

[Ender]

The swelling population of illegal immigrants and their kids is costing American taxpayers $135 billion a year, the highest ever, driven by free medical care, education and a huge law enforcement bill, according to the the most authoritative report on the issue yet.
And despite claims from pro-illegal immigration advocates that the aliens pay significant off-setting taxes back to federal, state and local treasuries, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (https://fairus.org/issue/publications-resources/fiscal-burden-illegal-immigration-united-states-taxpayers) report tallied just $19 billion, making the final hit to taxpayers about $116 billion.
State and local governments are getting ravaged by the costs, at over $88 billion. The federal government, by comparison, is getting off easy at $45 billion in costs for illegals.

More at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/record-135-billion-a-year-for-illegal-immigration-average-8075-each-25000-in-ny/article/2635757

Well, lessee...... get .gov outta education, the medical/insurance business, and stop the WoDs and guess what?

Problem solved.

[Madison320]

The swelling population of illegal immigrants and their kids is costing American taxpayers $135 billion a year, the highest ever, driven by free medical care, education and a huge law enforcement bill, according to the the most authoritative report on the issue yet.
And despite claims from pro-illegal immigration advocates that the aliens pay significant off-setting taxes back to federal, state and local treasuries, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (https://fairus.org/issue/publications-resources/fiscal-burden-illegal-immigration-united-states-taxpayers) report tallied just $19 billion, making the final hit to taxpayers about $116 billion.
State and local governments are getting ravaged by the costs, at over $88 billion. The federal government, by comparison, is getting off easy at $45 billion in costs for illegals.

More at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/record-135-billion-a-year-for-illegal-immigration-average-8075-each-25000-in-ny/article/2635757

I think the problem is the legal children, not the illegal parents. I think the ones that are illegal are a wash to the economy. On the positive side they provide cheap labor, pay sales tax, can't vote, can't get welfare. On the negative side they use education, health care, etc. Compare that to any other legal low income group that votes for socialism and uses welfare.

But the children are the problem. I like the idea of requiring at least one parent to be a legal citizen for the children to be legal. Or the ultimate solution. Don't let net welfare recipients vote.

[fisharmor]

Oh no! The government I hate is running out of money to do things I don't want to happen to people I don't have a problem with!

[fisharmor]

But the children are the problem. I like the idea of requiring at least one parent to be a legal citizen for the children to be legal. Or the ultimate solution. Don't let net welfare recipients vote.

So just make both conservatives and liberals happy: Mandate up to 57th trimester abortions for children of illegal immigrants.

[Madison320]

Oh no! The government I hate is running out of money to do things I don't want to happen to people I don't have a problem with!

The real change will happen when the government we hate can't borrow and print.

[FSP-Rebel]

What happened to the Media Matters guy? Thought he'd be waste deep in this one by now.

[Zippyjuan]

The swelling population of illegal immigrants

The illegal immigrant population hasn't been "swelling" for almost a decade now.



http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/25/news/economy/undocumented-immigrant-pew-mexican/index.html


Undocumented immigrant population in steady decline over past 10 years

The number of undocumented immigrants living in the United States has steadily declined over the past 10 years, amid a significant decrease in the share of Mexicans living in the country without legal status, a new report finds.

The Pew Research Center estimates that 11 million undocumented immigrants lived in the U.S. in 2016, down from a peak of 12.2 million during the recession in 2007. The current estimate is also down slightly from 11.3 million in 2009.

Most notably, Pew reported that the number of undocumented immigrants from Mexico has been shrinking.




It noted that the figures do not take into account the impact of any policy changes that have been put in place by President Trump, which include a crackdown on undocumented immigrants and tighter security at the border.

More at link.

Ron Paul:

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/01/news/la-pn-ron-paul-nevada-latino-forum-20120201


The 12-term Texas congressman spent the better part of a 25-minute address thinking aloud about the thorny subject. He talked about how Americans are more accepting of outsiders when the economy is good, but when trouble looms there is a search for scapegoats.

"I believe Hispanics have been used as scapegoats, to say, they're the problem instead of being a symptom maybe of a problem with the welfare state," Paul told the group. "In Nazi Germany they had to have scapegoats to blame and they turned on the Jews.

"Now there's a lot of antagonism and resentment turned just automatically on immigrants," he continued. "You say, no not immigrants, it's just illegal immigrants. I do believe in legal immigration. I want to have a provision to obey those laws. You have to understand this in the context of the economy."

Paul said he's not one of those politicians who believes that "barbed-wire fences and guns on our border will solve any of our problems." That's not, he said, the American way. And he doesn't think that a national identification card is the way to go.

What the country does need, he said, is "a much better immigration service" fed by more resources.