[tired&retired]

According to the Center for Immigration Studies, the net cost per illegal immigrant is $70,000. That's $70 billion per million illegal immigrants. There are over 10 million illegal immigrants in the USA, so that's a cost of $700 billion cost to the US taxpayers.

The wall is a no brainer investment. (Note: the $70K cost is net of all taxes paid by the illegal immigrant during their lifetime.)

[bramps]

Sounds ridiculously low. Add a ‘0’ and maybe you’re close. Housing alone is good for at least $10,000 a year.

[Ann Archy]

RIDICULOUS!! IT"S WAY MORE!

ONE child's education for 12 years costs WAY more than that!

Plus they get WELFARE in MANY WAYS!

[9YearLurker]

That is nowhere near the real cost, which is likely closer to 30x that.

[Reno89519]

Is that PER YEAR? That would be more believable.

[rktman]

Lifetime? Seems a tad short to me.

[af_vet_1981]

Illegal alien migrants are the modern equivalent of slaves, albeit with much more freedom. Significantly, if their children are born in the USA, they are born as free citizens.

The US should not import, nor trade, in slaves.

[VTenigma]

They left off a zero.

[z3n]

70k? Pshhh

Now you can sponser your very own undocumented migrant for just $6.48 per day!!! Just think of all the joy and openness you can bring into the world.

[The Great RJ]

Consider that many illegals send a significant portions of their earnings back home to the detriment of the US economy. Not to mention the cost of the free medical care they receive, the cost to local school districts to educate their kids and a host of other freebies paid for by the US taxpayers. Remember Obama’s “auntie” who lived in subsidized housing and had her hip replaced all while being here illegally for years.