Thread: FISCAL BURDEN OF ILLEGALS ON US Taxpayers

July 2010: "This report estimates the annual costs of illegal immigration at the federal, state and local level to be about $113 billion; nearly $29 billion at the federal level and $84.2 billion at the state and local level. The study also estimates tax collections from illegal alien workers, both those in the above-ground economy and those in the underground economy. Those receipts do not come close to the level of expenditures and, in any case, are misleading as an offset because over time unemployed and underemployed U.S. workers would replace illegal alien workers."

Here's a bit of the report:

KEY FINDINGS


Illegal immigration costs U.S. taxpayers about $113 billion a year at the federal, state and
local level. The bulk of the costs — some $84.2 billion — are absorbed by state and local
governments.


The annual outlay that illegal aliens cost U.S. taxpayers is an average amount per nativeheaded
household of $1,117. The fiscal impact per household varies considerably because
the greatest share of the burden falls on state and local taxpayers whose burden depends on
the size of the illegal alien population in that locality


Education for the children of illegal aliens constitutes the single largest cost to taxpayers, at
an annual price tag of nearly $52 billion. Nearly all of those costs are absorbed by state and
local governments.


At the federal level, about one-third of outlays are matched by tax collections from illegal
aliens. At the state and local level, an average of less than 5 percent of the public costs
associated with illegal immigration is recouped through taxes collected from illegal aliens.


Most illegal aliens do not pay income taxes. Among those who do, much of the revenues
collected are refunded to the illegal aliens when they file tax returns. Many are also claiming
tax credits resulting in payments from the U.S. Treasury.

With many state budgets in deficit, policymakers have an obligation to look for ways to reduce the fiscal burden
of illegal migration. California, facing a budget deficit of $14.4 billion in 2010-2011, is hit with an estimated
$21.8 billion in annual expenditures on illegal aliens. New York’s $6.8 billion deficit is smaller than its $9.5
billion in yearly illegal alien costs.