Posted on 03/11/2018 4:14:16 PM PDT by DeweyCA
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If a wall stopped just 200,000 of those future crossings, Camarota says, it would pay for itself in fiscal savings from welfare, public education, refundable tax credits and other benefits currently given to low-income, illegal immigrants from Mexico and Central America.
If a wall stopped 50 percent of those expected crossings, he says, it would save American taxpayers a whopping $64 billion — almost four times the wall’s cost — to say nothing of the additional billions in federal savings from reduced federal drug interdiction and border-security enforcement.
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Therefore, illegal border-crossers create an average fiscal burden of more than $72,000 during their lifetimes, Camarota says. Including costs for their US-born children, the fiscal drain jumps to more than $94,000.
While the national media routinely report that illegal immigrants don’t go on welfare, Camarota says this is a pervasive myth. While in most cases they can’t legally qualify for welfare, food stamps, Medicaid or other public benefits, the reality is that the vast majority of households headed by illegal immigrants are on welfare through their children.
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The US Census Bureau’s latest “survey of income and program participation” shows that 62 percent of illegal-immigrant-headed households are on the federal dole — more than double the rate for households headed by native-born Americans. And that includes households where one or more workers are present in the household.
Their use of US welfare is highest for food stamps and Medicaid, data show.
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In addition, Camarota said the IRS each year pays out billions to illegal immigrants in refundable child tax credits and the earned income tax credit.
“The cost of the DREAM Act has been estimated as very large — a $26 billion net cost in the first 10 years,” Camarota noted.
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Yes, just do it!
It’s heartbreaking that such an article has to be seriously written.
It’s like defending your position that the sky is blue.
Why is the sky blue? :)
Knocking them all off of government handouts would make a wall unnecessary. They just come here for the free sh*t.
I still want the wall but that is exactly what I’ve been saying for years.
Cut the picnic baskets for them. They are coming for the handouts.
There are a lot of programs for them to come and have babies here. Cut those first!
Why are these illegals on the dole to begin with?
How were these illegal lawbreakers allowed to get government benefits?
You had me at cutting welfare.
Illegal aliens should get NO welfare, NO food stamps, and NO health care..you cut off all three and watch how fast they deport themselves
Illegals crossing the border put them on wall building duty.. Free cheap labor. just give them a sleeping bag and a jam sandwich and Kool-aid. There you have it!
The wall will always be necessary. Border Patrol won’t do their job when the left is in the WH.
Yes, and taking the financial burden off of the taxpayers would way more than buy us a real nice wall. The direct and indirect cost savings of stopping uncontrolled entry into the USA over the Mexican border would boggle the mind.
Build the f-ing wall...NOW!!!!
-—Cutting welfare [and all the other benefits paid by law-ABIDING citizens & residents] to illegal aliens would pay for Trump’s wall-—
EVERY YEAR
Yup! Stop these bogus benefits. Build the Wall! Taxpayers are sick and tired of supporting these leeches!
Just putting up the wall would pay for the darn wall. Put it up already!
And no education.
Well, let’s get to it.
Eisenhower was right to order “Operation Wetback.”I do not know what we’d call an OP now, but; these illegals, whether Mex, other Hispanics, Muslims from every nation, plus chinks, and every other slant eye types are far too numerous to leave here. Add the sorriest of all- those from countries where US military types are still fighting and dying while these punks live free here. SICK as Hell.
Besides having Mexico pay for the wall I like the idea of well supervised Mexicans involved in menial tasks associated with building the wall.
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