Never understood that.
We have veterans, literally, who have fought for our nation and did what was asked of them. Some have also been harmed in ways that will never go away. And yet many of them are homeless. Why not go out of their way to help these people? Never.
Or even just folks that are homeless Americans?
So, what DO illegals actually cost us every year?
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The real cost of illegal immigration, and it's not avocados
Americans pay $200 billion annually in illegal immigration costs
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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...and-its-not-a/
Illegal Immigration Costs U.S. $113 Billion a Year, Study Finds
The cost of harboring illegal immigrants in the United States is a staggering $113 billion a year -- an average of $1,117 for every “native-headed” household in America -- according to a study conducted by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-i...ar-study-finds
The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers
Key Highlights
In 2017, the total cost of illegal immigration for the United States – at the federal, state, and local levels – was approximately $116 billion.
FAIR arrived at this number by subtracting the tax revenue paid by illegal aliens – about $19 billion – from the total economic impact of illegal migration, $134.9 billion.
In 2013, the estimated total cost of illegal migration was approximately $113 billion. So, in under four years, the cost has risen nearly $3 billion.
Evidence shows that the tax payments made by illegal aliens fail to cover the costs of the many services they consume.
A large percentage of illegal aliens who work in the underground economy frequently avoid paying any income tax at all.
Many illegal aliens actually receive a net cash profit through refundable tax credit programs.
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https://www.fairus.org/issue/publica...ates-taxpayers
Fact Check: Does illegal immigration cost the US more than $100 billion a year?
President Donald Trump claimed during a rally in Cleveland, Ohio, that illegal immigration costs the U.S. more than $100 billion a year.
“Illegal immigration costs our country more than $100 billion every single year,” he said.
Verdict: Unsubstantiated
Estimates of the cost of illegal immigration vary widely. Trump likely based his claim on an estimate from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which has received criticism for its methodology.
Fact Check:
Trump was in Cleveland Nov. 5 campaigning for Ohio Republicans ahead of the 2018 midterm elections when he made the claim. He was likely referencing a report from FAIR, an organization that supports more limited immigration.
The report, released in September 2017, concluded that illegal immigration costs the U.S. $135 billion per year. FAIR estimated that 12.5 million illegal immigrants, as well as their 4.2 million U.S. citizen children, cost the federal government almost $46 billion and cost about $89 billion at the state and local levels annually.
The majority of this expense comes in the form of medical care and public schooling expenditures. FAIR estimated that illegal immigrants generate about $19 billion in taxes each year, bringing the net cost down to $116 billion annually.
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https://checkyourfact.com/2018/11/11...t-100-billion/
Dang, just look at California...
Illegal Immigration Costs California $30.3 Billion A Year—17.7 Percent Of State Budget
Illegal Immigrants Cost the State of California $30.29 Billion Annually
Illegal immigrants and their children cost the State of California a net $30.29 billion per year. This equates to $7,352 per illegal alien, or roughly 17.7 percent of California’s state budget.
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https://nationaleconomicseditorial.c...on-california/
What about the health care for illegals?
Health care for undocumented immigrants could cost $23B: study
WASHINGTON – Giving undocumented immigrants access to federally funded health care in the United States could cost up to $23 billion per year, according to a new study published this week.
The Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington-based think tank that wants to reduce immigration, estimated there are 4.9 million uninsured undocumented immigrants in the US with incomes low enough to qualify for federal assistance.
Providing a subsidy to help them buy private health insurance on the Obamacare marketplace would cost on average $4,600. If all of them enrolled, taxpayers would be on the hook for $22.6 billion annually, the study found. Assuming a more realistic enrollment rate, the cost would be $10.4 billion.
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https://nypost.com/2019/10/11/health...ost-23b-study/
Forbes Mag: Illegal Immigrants Cost Taxpayers $18.5 Billion/Yr. In Health Care Costs
Illegal immigrants cost the U.S. billions a year in health care costs that the illegals never pay for, a Forbes Mag. report says. And that is even though federal law supposedly prohibits this spending.
Federal law claims that no federal dollars can go to pay for health care for illegals. Unfortunately, this is a smoke screen because literally BILLIONS of our tax dollars go to fund medical care for illegals anyway.
Forbes magazine’s Chris Conover recent ran the numbers and came up with at least $18.5 billion of our tax dollars wasted on health care for illegal immigrants.
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https://lidblog.com/illegal-immigrants-health-care/