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Immigration See other Immigration Articles Title: Illegal Immigration a $113 Billion a Year Drain on U.S. Taxpayers (Washington, D.C July 6, 2010) A new study released today by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) estimates that illegal immigration now costs federal and local taxpayers $113 billion a year. The report, The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on U.S. Taxpayers, is the most comprehensive analysis of how much the estimated 13 million illegal aliens and their U.S.-born children cost federal, state and local governments. The cost estimates are based on an extensive analysis of federal, state and local spending data. The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on U.S. Taxpayers examines dozens of government programs that are available to illegal aliens and their U.S.-born children, both legally and fraudulently. The report provides detailed analysis of the impact of illegal immigration on education, health care, law enforcement and justice, public assistance, and other government programs. The report also accounts for taxes paid by illegal aliens about $13 billion a year, resulting in a net cost to taxpayers of about $100 billion. However, the study notes that government at all levels would likely have realized significantly greater revenues if jobs held by illegal aliens had been filled by legal U.S. residents instead. Federal spending on illegal aliens amounts to $29 billion, finds Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on U.S. Taxpayers. The lion57;s share of the costs of illegal immigration is borne by state and local taxpayers an estimated $84.2 billion. In 18 states, expenditures on illegal aliens exceeded the size of those states57; budget deficits in FY 2009. Among the key findings of The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on U.S. Taxpayers: 60;The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on U.S. Taxpayers provides a definitive response to the question of whether illegal aliens are a net benefit or a net drain on government coffers,61; stated Dan Stein president of FAIR. 60;The report examines virtually every federal, state and local government program to determine the impact of illegal immigration on the bottom line. That bottom line $113 billion a year, and growing makes our nation57;s failure to control illegal immigration one of the largest preventable burdens borne by American taxpayers.61; 60;If political leaders in Washington and state capitals want to understand why the American public is demanding enforcement of our immigration laws, The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on U.S. Taxpayers, provides 113 billion good reasons,61; Stein concluded. Read the report.
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#1. To: Disgusted (#0)
Actually, every dollar spent in the US Economy creates somewhere between 100, and 120 dollars. Meaning, that if you spend money in our economy, and you keep money in our economy, wealth increases, as does the need for more American Workers. If you ship your wealth out faster than you can make it, then you create nothing but debt.
It is better to be hated for what you are, than loved for what you are not. - Tommy The Mad Artist.
Is that all? Seems cheap compared to the multi-TRILLION dollar meaningless wars that drag on and on and on year after year. Please remember that a trillion is a magnitude of order by three over and above a billion.
"we ought to lay off the criticism" -- Pinguinite, circa 2010-05-26 22:17:22 ET
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