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Illegal Immigration Costs U.S. $113 Billion a Year, Study Finds
Fox News ^ | July 06, 2010 | Ed Barnes

Posted on 07/06/2010 1:46:02 PM PDT by Christus_Rex

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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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; anarchy; bankrupt; border; broke; budget; bush; comingtoyourtown; cost; deficit; deportthemnow; illegal; illegals; immigration; immigrationcost; mccain; mccainkennedy; mexofascism; notoamnesty; obama; secureourborders
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SECURE THE BORDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 posted on 07/06/2010 1:46:09 PM PDT by Christus_Rex
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2 posted on 07/06/2010 1:49:31 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR....Monthly Donors Wanted.)
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To: Christus_Rex
FAIR uses Census numbers in their figures, so the true number of illegal scumbag aliens in the USA and their cost to the US taxpayer is likely a helluva lot higher.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

3 posted on 07/06/2010 1:53:07 PM PDT by wku man (Who says conservatives don't rock? Go to www.myspace.com/rockfromtheright)
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To: Christus_Rex

hope this gets good circulation..


4 posted on 07/06/2010 1:53:53 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: Christus_Rex
"an average of $1,117 for every “native-headed” household in America"

Guess the WH gets a pass on that bill then.

5 posted on 07/06/2010 1:55:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (JUST VOTE THEM OUT! teapartyexpress.org)
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To: wku man

Good point!


6 posted on 07/06/2010 1:55:31 PM PDT by Christus_Rex
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

What about the cost of the tens of billions they send back to Mexico that does not get spent here in the US. In a booming economy it is not noticed so much but now it is contributing to no or negative economic growth (jobs).


7 posted on 07/06/2010 1:58:01 PM PDT by Any Fate But Submission
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To: Christus_Rex
DUH !!!

I could have told you that WITHOUT a study!

8 posted on 07/06/2010 2:03:57 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod
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To: Christus_Rex

Cost to US Taxpayers = $113,000,000,000 per year
Length of US-Mexico Border = 1,969 miles

We could take the equivalent of what illegal immigrants cost us EACH YEAR, and invest that money into building one monstrous wall, at the cost of $57,389,537 per mile, or $10,869 per FOOT.

One year’s worth. I’m just sayin’.


9 posted on 07/06/2010 2:05:09 PM PDT by Zeppelin (Keep on FReepin' on...)
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To: Christus_Rex

It’s gotta be more than that.Welfare...health care costs.....wages lost by legal Americans...prison costs...thefts....car accidents...drug dealing and usage...diseases spread...and on and on and on.


10 posted on 07/06/2010 2:06:00 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (''I don't regret setting bombs,I feel we didn't do enough.'' ->Bill Ayers,Hussein's mentor,9/11/01)
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To: Christus_Rex

The symptoms of the President’s mental illness just get worse and worse. Google it.


11 posted on 07/06/2010 2:08:39 PM PDT by Rapscallion (Obama - The anti-American dictator disguised as a President)
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To: Christus_Rex

“native-headed”?

Is that the same as an “American Citizen”?


12 posted on 07/06/2010 2:11:16 PM PDT by donna (If America is not a Christian nation, it will be part of the Islamic nation.)
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To: Christus_Rex
These numbers are way low.
 
Robert Rector calculates that they cost $19,588 per family per year when they first arrive, and $22,449 after they have been here for a few years and become mainstreamed into the welfare state:
The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer
by Robert Rector and Christine Kim
May 21, 2007
heritage.org
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ...A household's net fiscal deficit equals the cost of benefits and services received minus taxes paid. When the costs of direct and means-tested benefits, education, and population-based services are counted, the average low-skill household had a fiscal deficit of $19,588 (expenditures of $30,160 minus $10,573 in taxes)....
 
The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Households to the U.S. Taxpayer
April 4, 2007
by Robert Rector, Christine Kim and Shanea Watkins, Ph.D.
heritage.org
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ...A household’s net fiscal deficit equals the cost of benefits and services received minus taxes paid. If the costs of direct and means-tested benefits, education, and population-based services alone are counted, the average low-skill household had a fiscal deficit of $22,449 (expenditures of $32,138 minus $9,689 in taxes)...
And 20 million illegal alien families times $20,000 per family per year comes to $400 BILLION PER YEAR.
 
And the worst part of it is that they are rapidly approaching the point at which they give birth to half of all the babies in this country.
 
When that happens, the USA is doomed.
13 posted on 07/06/2010 2:17:07 PM PDT by Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo
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To: Christus_Rex

This ‘unexpected’ news needs to be sent to the dumbazz. /s
Like it matters.

Just saw on the news we have 11 mil new health insurance recipients
and 1 mil that already have insurance will get ‘new’ benefits. lol

Saw where germany is lowering the health benefits and raising
premium prices.

How long til this happens here.


14 posted on 07/06/2010 2:27:59 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS... taxes, pain and slow death. Is this what you want?)
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To: Any Fate But Submission; All

If the illegal workers were not sending money back to Mexico, and central american countries, we would probably be asked to pay for much more expensive foreign aid. I suspect that money sent directly to families is probably spent more effectively than large sums sent to countries where bribery (la mordida) and payoffs are endemic.

The article also points out that the children who are born here and are therefore citizens, grow up, get jobs and pay taxes and social security, thus repaying their education costs. That being said, I think the borders need much better control measures. I also don’t think any child born here of an illegal that was conceived in another country should be a citizen. This would reduce the attempt to enter the country while pregnant.

Another thing the article points out is the businesses that are supported by illegals making purchases. An interesting test case is Prince William County, VA, in the outer suburbs of Washington, DC. There they passed and vigoriously exercised a law against illegal immigrants. The result is that there were a large number of home abandonments and foreclosures, real estate prices dropped more than 50%, and many businesses failed. The County now has severe tax revenue, budget problems, more so than any other county in the area. The experiment continues in Arizona, we will see if they have similar or different economic results.

Personal observation: I went today (100 degree temp. predicted) to Home Depot to buy ACs. At 11:30 am there were about 40 hispanics hanging around hoping for work. When I left at 2 pm, there were about 25. On other occasions I have seen as many as 100. While they may be costing some of us money, others are saving money on cheap labor for home improvement projects.


15 posted on 07/06/2010 2:39:30 PM PDT by gleeaikin (question authority)
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To: Zeppelin

Kyle said they could build a very good fence for $2 billion!


16 posted on 07/06/2010 2:47:39 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (Obama: A government to shove the people, deny the people, and ignore the people)
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To: Christus_Rex

Yeah but...we pay less for a head of lettuce.


17 posted on 07/06/2010 2:52:58 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a long tradition of tolerance." ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
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COMMENTS
hapnguyen Tuesday, July 06, 2010 at 2:42 PM
California

From a California school teacher - - - “As you listen to the news about the student protests over illegal immigration, there are some things that you should be aware of: I am in charge of the English-as-a- second-language department at a large southern California high school meaning that its students average lower socioeconomic and income levels.

Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell Gardens , Huntington Park , etc., where these students are protesting, are also Title 1 schools. Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program.

When I say free breakfast, I’m not talking a glass of milk and roll — but a full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten.

I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones.

The school also provides day care centers&nb sp;for the unwed teenage pregnant girls (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family watch their kids. I Free medical, free education, free food, free day care etc., etc, etc.

Is it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements?


18 posted on 07/06/2010 3:09:01 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Remember, guys, the enemy is to the left.)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

It’s already happening to seniors and the disabled. No COLA raises for them until 2012, if then. Medical services reduced, including prescription drug availability, and the list goes on.

Kill the old folks and the weak and disabled, and there will be more for other people, like illegal aliens.


19 posted on 07/06/2010 3:09:38 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I wear a yellow ribbon for the intrepid CG explorer!)
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To: Christus_Rex

Some will be telling us this is a good deal somehow. . .


20 posted on 07/06/2010 3:11:21 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd (7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona.....)
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