Colorado Could Turn Budget Deficit Into Surplus If Illegal Aliens Deported

Youth for Western Civilization ^ | Wednesday, June 23 2010 | John Anderson

[ConservativeJen]

A new poll shows that 61% of Coloradans want a copy of Arizona’s law allowing law enforcement to investigate those they encounter who exhibit reasonable suspicion of being an illegal alien.

A recent study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform discovered that illegal aliens cost Colorado taxpayers more than $1.1 billion per year, or about $612 per household. Additionally, between $730 million and $1 billion per year of wages paid to illegal aliens is sent out of the country instead of being reinvested in local communities.

More than 10% of the students in Colorado public schools are the children of illegal aliens, costing the taxpayers $11,000 each per year, for an annual total of $925 million. Another $68 million per year is spent on programs for ‘limited English students’, who are mostly the children of illegal aliens. These costs do not include the costs to the federal government incurred by illegal aliens in the Colorado public education system.

Illegal aliens cost Colorado taxpayers $82 million per year. This does not include the health care costs which are charged to the federal government or the higher premiums paid by Coloradans to help cover costs incurred by illegal aliens in Colorado.

Colorado taxpayers pay $38 million per year to incarcerate illegal aliens in Colorado. This estimate only covers a small portion of the cost of criminal aliens to Colorado.

The minimum cost of $1.1 billion per year to the Colorado budget due to illegal aliens is double the current Colorado budget deficit of $560.7 million. If illegal aliens left the state of Colorado, this $560.7 budget deficit would turn into a surplus of about the same amount. One suspects that the percentage of Coloradans in favor of enacting an Arizona-style law would be even higher, if these figures were widely known.

[calcowgirl]

Thanks. Interesting overall report.
(Source: http://www.cis.org/california-education)

They need to do a report that includes stats/charts on deficits.

[ridesthemiles]

There is another hidden cost of the illegal intruders:

Your insurance costs.

My premiums for my vehicles are 38%++ just for ‘uninsured motorists’.
Despite laws here in Nevada that state you cannot have your registration unless you can prove insurance, those costs keep rising.

I have lived in 3 other states. NEVER have I paid so much for ‘uninsured motorists’.

I suspect that home owners insurance is also impacted,
between break ins & ‘accidents’ on your property.

Look at your vehicle insurance where you live & do the calculations for yourself. How much of YOUR insurance is for ‘uninsured motorists”????

[dragnet2]

Deport them all.

You kidding? Our government at all levels has more allegiance to illegal aliens than legitimate law abiding Americans.

No joke.

[apocalypto]

I have been saying this all along: deport the illegal aliens.

[HiJinx]

Ping!

[MileHi]

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