What are the financial effects of illegal immigration on the US?

Question

This is for a school Acamdemic fair project so I need sources of your info plz.

I cannot find much and every time I look it up it is all the same. I have been working on it for the past two hours.

I need peoples opinions too.

Thank you so much to Don M.

It is for an 8th grade project, so I am not that experienced with politics or immigration so I would really appreciate the help.

Anything about amnesty? plz help. i need to go to bed soon and it is due 2moro.

Answer 1

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year.
http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters7fd8

2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.
http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html

9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the United States.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html

11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroine and marijuana, crossed into the U. S. from the Southern border.
NEW: Homeland Security Report:
http://www.house.gov/mccaul/pdf/Investigaions-Border-Report.pdf

12. The National Policy Institute, "estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period."
http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf

13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin. http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/15795654.htm?source=rss&channel=cctimes_nation

Answer 2

The financial disaster that illegals are causing is almost too wide to start naming numbers and costs (...though kudos to Don!). It effects all elements of life in the USA and has a diasterous trickle down effect that will kill our country!
Suffice it to say that the primary loss will be of America itself in the end.
If the illegals (80% or which are Mexican) are not removed and things set straight again, the rich will be come richer and leave in the end to live in Europe, the poor will be made even more destitute and the middle class will fall into the ranks with the poor. Including the illegals. America will become a money machine for the rich but not really fit to live in and have a good life.
Only the super wealthy will prosper. The rest of us will be enslaved.
America will never be the same and we will all be speaking Spanish as well as English (if we are lucky).
You can thank the last two administrations (Dems and Repubs) for this and all their flunkies and advisers. Bought and paid for by the super wealthy business owners and manufacturers.
All that maters to this class of people is $$$$$$. Nationalism/Patriotism means little or nothing.

Answer 3

No, Glenn, your "website" is totally wrong.

Look at Myth #1. Notice it concentrates on how men don't go on welfare. Even with full citizenship status, most men can't get welfare. But what about the women? Hmmmmm??? Seems your article conveniently forgot to mention that.

And at the bottom of your website it says this:

Disclaimer:

The nonpartisan Urban Institute publishes studies, reports, and books on timely topics worthy of public consideration. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Urban Institute, its trustees, or its funders.

Try again.

Answer 4

The most obvious is taking away jobs. But just as important is that the illegals make money and send it back to home country (relatives) which creates a financial drain on US.

Answer 5

Well lets see, most of all native americans lost their lands,not to mention most of their other possesions,lots of them lost their lives,(does that count?) How do you total that? I wonder if they had websites and links to verify this? what about the wealthy land owners who had Black slaves,did the slaves have visas ,or maybe greencards, I would have to say that the financial effects of illegal immigration to the US have been negative ,Mainly to the poor (Native AM. ) and the opressed( Black slaves)

Answer 6

Great answer Don M! Informative but without sounding White Power.
As for Blotto... There is no middle class anymore.

Answer 7

Do your own project. Is it that hard to look it up on the Internet, or do you really have to ask other people to do it for you - I can tell you what I am learning from university, but to give you sources? Find them yourself, other students have to.

Answer 8

Look around- surplus of workers + limited job availability = lower wages. In other words, the impact is NEGATIVE for the middle class.

Answer 9

If it's for school, why not look it up yourself. Besides, American Slackers cost the US way more than Illegals.

Answer 10

they are draining are system. hospitals are closing. they are getting free health care when Americans are going with out. it goes on.