washingtonexaminer.com/record-135-bil…
2017 figures. Just imagine what the 2018 numbers will be!
#IllegalAliens cost #TaxPayers💸
"...costs at nearly $135 billion compared to tax revenues at nearly $19 billion."
2017 figures. Just imagine what the 2018 numbers will be!
#IllegalAliens cost #TaxPayers💸
"...costs at nearly $135 billion compared to tax revenues at nearly $19 billion."
"Clearly, the cost of doing nothing to stop illegal immigration is far too high," said FAIR Executive Director Dan Stein. "President Trump has laid out a comprehensive strategy to regain control of illegal immigration and bring down these costs," said Stein.
"Building the wall, enhancing interior enforcement and mandating national E-Verify will go a long way in bringing these ridiculously high costs under control," he added.
And it also documents the taxes paid and how they don't come close to offsetting the costs. What's more, FAIR noted that 35 percent of the illegal population operate in an underground economy hidden from tax collectors.
And worse, employers hire illegals and either pay them cheaply or under the table. "The United States recoups only about 14 percent of the amount expended annually on illegal aliens.
If the same jobs held by illegal aliens were filled by legal workers, at the prevailing market wage, it may safely be presumed that federal, state and local governments would receive higher tax payments," said FAIR.
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