Tax Day passed on Monday, and under President Joe Biden’s watch, the cost of illegal immigration to U.S. taxpayers has reached unprecedented levels.
The millions of illegal aliens living in the United States cost taxpayers more than $150 billion annually, according to the latest estimates released last March by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).
FAIR report said:
Taxpayers at the federal, state, and local levels spend approximately $182 billion to cover the costs incurred by the stay of more than 15.5 million undocumented immigrants and approximately 5.4 million undocumented children. . This equates to a cost burden of approximately $8,776 per child of an illegal alien/illegal alien. The burden of illegal immigration on U.S. taxpayers is staggering and devastating, reaching a total cost of $1,156 per taxpayer each year. [Emphasis added]
Illegal aliens only contribute about $32 billion in tax dollars at the state, local, and federal level.What does this mean? The net fiscal cost to taxpayers of illegal immigration totals approximately $150.7 billion. [Emphasis added]
In state and federal welfare costs alone, illegal aliens cost taxpayers nearly $14 billion each year. Meanwhile, annual state and federal health care costs for illegal aliens total a whopping $42 billion.
Despite the cost to taxpayers of illegal immigration, special interest groups are currently urging lawmakers in Washington, D.C., to expand the Additional Tax Credit for Children (ACTC) by creating a loophole for illegal aliens to secure tax credits. Engaging in lobbying activities.
“Currently, the law does not require that a parent or dependent child be a citizen or have any other legal status (such as lawful permanent resident status) in order to claim ACTC. ” says FAIR. report:
All that is required is that the dependent child has a Social Security number. In other words, Parents of illegal aliens can file tax returns and claim deductions using their Individual Taxpayer Identification Number. To eligible children. [Emphasis added]
Researchers at the Center for Immigration Studies said the country’s illegal alien population has nearly increased under the Biden administration. 4 million From late January 2021 to February this year, they accounted for about half of the increase in the foreign-born population in Japan.
The foreign-born population now stands at an unprecedented 51.4 million people. By the way, just 34 years ago the foreign-born population of the United States was less than 20 million.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Please email jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
