Study Finds Just How Much Illegal Immigrants Cost Americans!

[Catholic Crusader]

Study Finds Just How Much Illegal Immigrants Cost Americans!
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Here’s an argument I’ve heard from my liberal friends before: illegal aliens don’t cost taxpayers anything, because non-citizens can’t receive welfare.

It’s not a new argument – even the late libertarian economics Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman once argued that illegal immigration was preferable to legal immigration for the reason that legal immigrants would draw resources from the welfare state.

But here’s the thing: anyone born in America automatically becomes an American citizen, meaning that any children illegals have will allow families to benefit from certain government handouts.

• In 1970 no states had an immigrant population over 15 percent.
• In 1970 the US debt was $370 billion.
• In 2016 the US debt is $18.8 trillion.

The Center for Immigration Studies reported:

• In September 2015, the Center for Immigration Studies published a landmark study of immigration and welfare use, showing that 51 percent of immigrant-headed households used at least one federal welfare program — cash, food, housing, or medical care — compared to 30 percent of native households. Following similar methodology, this new study examines the dollar cost of that welfare use.
• The average household headed by an immigrant (legal or illegal) costs taxpayers $6,234 in federal welfare benefits, which is 41 percent higher than the $4,431 received by the average native household.
• The average immigrant household consumes 33 percent more cash welfare, 57 percent more food assistance, and 44 percent more Medicaid dollars than the average native household. Housing costs are about the same for both groups.
• At $8,251, households headed by immigrants from Central America and Mexico have the highest welfare costs of any sending region — 86 percent higher than the costs of native households.
• Illegal immigrant households cost an average of $5,692 (driven largely by the presence of U.S.-born children), while legal immigrant households cost $6,378.
• The greater consumption of welfare dollars by immigrants can be explained in large part by their lower level of education and larger number of children compared to natives. Over 24 percent of immigrant households are headed by a high school dropout, compared to just 8 percent of native households. In addition, 13 percent of immigrant households have three or more children, vs. just 6 percent of native households.

When you consider just how much illegal immigration costs, it’s no wonder Trump thinks that Mexico should pay for the border. The benefit’s they’ve reaped from illegal immigration far outweigh what such a wall would cost to build.

 

[aCultureWarrior]

Trump Says He Didn't Know He Employed Illegal Aliens

By DEAN BAQUET

Published: July 13, 1990

Donald J. Trump took the witness stand yesterday to deny seven-year-old charges that he knowingly used 200 undocumented workers to demolish the old Bonwit Teller building to make way for Trump Tower, the glittering centerpiece of his real-estate empire.

Testifying in a case that has survived years of legal challenges, Mr. Trump said he did not know the workers were undocumented and that the demolition in the summer of 1980 was delegated to a contractor, Kaszycki & Sons Contractors, which did all the hiring.

The lawsuit, by some members of Housewreckers Local 95, charges that Mr. Trump, desperate to meet deadlines on a vast project whose intricate financing was partly dependent upon them, overlooked the use of undocumented Polish immigrants, who allegedly worked round-the-clock and even slept at the site.

The lawsuit, being heard in United States District Court in Manhattan, pits Mr. Trump's word against those of union members and a labor consultant turned F.B.I. informant who claims he was a close Trump adviser.

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/13/nyregion/trump-says-he-didn-t-know-he-employed-illegal-aliens.html

 

[Zeke]

Study Finds Just How Much Illegal Immigrants Cost Americans!
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QUOTE:
Here’s an argument I’ve heard from my liberal friends before: illegal aliens don’t cost taxpayers anything, because non-citizens can’t receive welfare.

It’s not a new argument – even the late libertarian economics Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman once argued that illegal immigration was preferable to legal immigration for the reason that legal immigrants would draw resources from the welfare state.

But here’s the thing: anyone born in America automatically becomes an American citizen, meaning that any children illegals have will allow families to benefit from certain government handouts.

• In 1970 no states had an immigrant population over 15 percent.
• In 1970 the US debt was $370 billion.
• In 2016 the US debt is $18.8 trillion.

The Center for Immigration Studies reported:

• In September 2015, the Center for Immigration Studies published a landmark study of immigration and welfare use, showing that 51 percent of immigrant-headed households used at least one federal welfare program — cash, food, housing, or medical care — compared to 30 percent of native households. Following similar methodology, this new study examines the dollar cost of that welfare use.
• The average household headed by an immigrant (legal or illegal) costs taxpayers $6,234 in federal welfare benefits, which is 41 percent higher than the $4,431 received by the average native household.
• The average immigrant household consumes 33 percent more cash welfare, 57 percent more food assistance, and 44 percent more Medicaid dollars than the average native household. Housing costs are about the same for both groups.
• At $8,251, households headed by immigrants from Central America and Mexico have the highest welfare costs of any sending region — 86 percent higher than the costs of native households.
• Illegal immigrant households cost an average of $5,692 (driven largely by the presence of U.S.-born children), while legal immigrant households cost $6,378.
• The greater consumption of welfare dollars by immigrants can be explained in large part by their lower level of education and larger number of children compared to natives. Over 24 percent of immigrant households are headed by a high school dropout, compared to just 8 percent of native households. In addition, 13 percent of immigrant households have three or more children, vs. just 6 percent of native households.

When you consider just how much illegal immigration costs, it’s no wonder Trump thinks that Mexico should pay for the border. The benefit’s they’ve reaped from illegal immigration far outweigh what such a wall would cost to build.

There is plenty of money hid away from the public slaves that would end poverty if everyone were gave their birthright share of the common resources that the few hoard.

 

[Catholic Crusader]

There is plenty of money hid away from the public slaves that would end poverty if everyone were gave their birthright share of the common resources that the few hoard.

And what exactly does that blob of gobbldeygook you call a reply supposed to actually mean.

 

[Zeke]

And what exactly does that blob of gobbldeygook you call a reply supposed to actually mean.

Nothing to see here move along with the herd, problem reaction solution is all that is going on in politics that entertain through deception like you're religion.

 

[rexlunae]

A report by this guy: https://www.thenation.com/article/why-did-harvard-give-phd-discredited-approach-race-and-iq/

Apparently he was too nutty and racist for the Heritage Foundation, so now he's an "independent public policy analyst". Sounds brilliant.

 

[Catholic Crusader]

A report by this guy: https://www.thenation.com/article/why-did-harvard-give-phd-discredited-approach-race-and-iq/

Apparently he was too nutty and racist for the Heritage Foundation, so now he's an "independent public policy analyst". Sounds brilliant.

Typical leftist, attack the messenger in order to discredit a truthful message.

If you add up the costs of illegal aliens in this country, including incarceration (state prisons & country jails) for the criminal ones and law enforcement costs, the costs for medical treatment that they get and never pay for, food stamps, assistance, aid, and on and on and on, the cost of Trump's wall pales in comparison. We currently spend billions every year on them

 

[rexlunae]

Typical leftist, attack the messenger in order to discredit a truthful message.

It goes to credibility. Sure, maybe he had some brilliant insight into the true nature of welfare recipients. Or, more likely, he's grinding some ax against people of color. Hard to say without a more detailed analysis.

If you add up the costs of illegal aliens in this country, including incarceration (state prisons & country jails) for the criminal ones and law enforcement costs, the costs for medical treatment that they get and never pay for, food stamps, assistance, aid, and on and on and on, the cost of Trump's wall pales in comparison. We currently spend billions every year on them

Based on what? This study?

 

[Tinark]

You know it is a BS study when it discusses only one side of the equation: costs. Nowhere do I see mentioned the tax revenue brought in. Especially important is the revenue brought in by the children over their lifetimes when they enter the workforce since, apparently, almost all the costs mentioned are benefits for the children as US citizens.