Are you aware that illegal immigrants cost the U.S. 12 billion dollars a year?

Question

I think this money could be better used in providing health care for our own working poor. Illegal immigration is so unfair to our own people. Who is looking out for our interests?

Answer 1

Actually your figures are a little low.
The estimated fiscal cost of illegal aliens to the federal, state and local governments was about $33 billion.

This impact was partially offset by an estimated $12.6 billion in taxes paid to the federal, state and local governments,by some of the illegal immigrants,resulting
in a net cost to the American taxpayer of about
$20 billion every year.

This estimate did not include indirect costs that result from unemployment payments to Americans who lost their jobs to illegal aliens willing to work for lower wages. Nor did it include lost tax collections from those American workers who became unemployed. The study estimated those indirect costs from illegal immigration at an additional $4.3 billion annually.

Its a total cost of $24.3 Billion to the USA for the cost
of illegals and their"cheap" labor.That $ 24.3 Billion
could and should be much better spent on
Americas legal, citizens.
No amnesty
Deportation not legalization

The fact that our government, as with
all nations governments,
is wasteful,certainly doesn't justify this
expenditure on people who are law breakers

Answer 2

Illegal wars? Are you joking? How is a war illegal? Just because it doesn't have UN approval doesn't make it illegal. The UN is not a governing body. But yes, agreed, the war in Iraq is a drain on our economy, and I do not agree with it. Anyway, illegals cost us more than that each year. Stop supporting the illegals and use the money to build a wall. Once the criminals find out we won't suckle them anymore, they'll start starving and eventually will go back to Mexico on their own.
And Babs, that's right, the criminals are rebuilding it all. That's why they turn out so shitty. And do you know how much they were paid to do that crappy work? They shouldn't have been paid at all, simply because they have no right to be here.
By the way, a few facts for the pro-illegals:
25 billion dollars lost from our economy to Mexico's because the f*cking illegals won't spend the money they shouldn't have here.
400 billion dollars of social services that should have been spent on us is wasted on illegals
1.5 billion dollars wasted on imprisoning 400,000 illegal immigrants committing other crimes here
15 billion dollars wasted on educating the 3 million immigrants in school, some of which don't even bother to learn our language

Answer 3

It is a heck of a lot more than that. That is only at the federal level, after deducting taxes SOME pay in and can't claim out. It is the state and local level that provide things like health care and education which illegals use, degrading schools and health care for our own people.

Los Angeles County ALONE paid $1 Billion last year and the State of California paid $10 billion for services for illegal immigrants, according to testimony before the House this summer.

http://nctimes.com/articles/2006/08/03/news/top_stories/8206191650.txt

Answer 4

babs you dont have a clue just imagine all those people working cheap or not cheap lets say they pick at what 3$ an hour which i hardly doubt it gets any lower then that but lets say they do.. Not to mention the fact that on average how many times do they go to the hospital each year?

Studies do show and you can look it up for yourself that illegals tend to visit the hospital more times then any other race in america. Do to hypertencia, diabetes, heart attack, stroke, cuts that need stitches and all kinds of health problems because they over work themselves much of the time. Tell me do you REALLY THINK ON AVERAGE VISITS TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NO MEDICAL COVERAGE outways the cost of what they make per hour

if anything alone proves you wrong they may make a amount per year and they cost tripple that in health cost each year putting them

IN THE FREAKING NEGITIVE

COSTING WHO????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
THATS RIGHT THE TAX PAYER AND THATS ONLY ONE FREAKING ISSUE i OUGHT TO BIOTCH SLAP THAT GIRL

Answer 5

What is the cost of the killing in Asia?

What is the tax income generated on the salaries of the illegal immigrants?

What is the tax income generated by the purchases of the illegal immigrants?

How much is being paid into Social Security be illegal aliens? a lot of employers ask for the number, how often are they checked? especially if it is a valid number!

Answer 6

it is confusing to calculate each and every of the expenditures and advantages, however the reason immigration rules are so poorly enforced is that the human beings with money to effect Congress are cashing in on the status quo.

Answer 7

I can believe it. We have poor here that are in dire need of health care, food stamps and housing and so many are turned away because our system is already burdened to the hilt.

Answer 8

Do you realize that they pay over $50 billion a year into social security?

Answer 9

Yes I am but are you aware about how much the goverment waists daily, in general? The war, space program, studies that are worthless, presedentual playing cards that are gold plated for airforce 1 & 2, congressional expenses, I coul go on and on we are trillions of dollars in the red, so whats a couple of billion?

Answer 10

yea, sick and unfair, isn't it. we could have national health care, take care of the homeless, and put a bit more effort into the animal shelters. The only one that I know of that wants to look out for our interests is Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela.