President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Wednesday to eliminate benefits for federal taxpayers of illegal immigrants.
The order instructs all federal agencies to identify all federal funded programs that currently provide financial benefits to illegal immigrants and to “take corrective action.” The order aims to ensure that federal funds to the state and local areas are not used to support sanctuary policies or to support illegal immigration.
It also requires improved eligibility verification to prevent federal benefits from going illegally to anyone in the United States.
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The order shows that Trump is “committed to protecting the federal public health interests of truly needy American citizens, including people with disabilities and veterans.”
“The surge in illegal immigration, enabled by previous administrations, is siphoning dollars and essential services from American citizens while state and local budgets are increasingly tense,” the White House fact sheet states. It's.
The House Homeland Security Committee estimated that taxpayers will be able to pay as much as $451 billion to care for illegal immigration and acquisitions that have entered the United States illegally since January 2021, Sheet said.
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The order is part of Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration through law enforcement attacks and other measures to combat the flow of illegal immigration to the United States.
The White House said the United States Federation of Immigration Reforms (FAIR) estimated that American taxpayers would spend at least $182 billion a year to cover the costs incurred by the presence of 20 million illegal immigrants and their children. .
Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Wednesday to end benefits for federal taxpayers of illegal immigrants. (Getty Images)
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That figure includes $66.5 billion in federal expenses and an additional $115.6 billion in state and local funding.
