If you think the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are bankrupting us, wait until you see what illegal immigration costs!
While it is true that fighting wars on two continents is frighteningly expensive, the costs of illegal immigration are almost as large. It is difficult to be very accurate since our government no longer shares information that it is uncomfortable discussing.
The following numbers have been compiled from a number of reliable sources, including the government’s own data, research organizations and media sources.
If you are shocked by these numbers, please forward this to as many people as you can. This insanity has to stop now.
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments.
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.
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
4. $30 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English! (The government calls these programs “bilingual” even though not a word of English is spoken, all the text books are in Spanish and no attempt is made to teach the children English.
5. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
6. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.
7. $200 Billion dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
8. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances to their countries of origin.
The total cost is a whopping $320.8 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR — $320,800,000,000.00 easily enough to put Americans back to work and our economy back on track.
Yes, if we got rid of every single illegal, the cost of lettuce just might go up. But the cost of everything else, from education, healthcare, welfare, all social services, law enforcement and prisons would fall dramatically.
And Americans would be safer, healthier, happier and live longer. I think we can survive just fine without illegal aliens. What do you think?