Thread: Illegal Immigration Costs U.S. Hundreds of Billions

Illegal Immigration Costs U.S. Hundreds of Billions
Mon, 04/21/2008 - 15:13 — Judicial Watch Blog

Illegal immigration costs American taxpayers $346 billion annually and, besides the well-documented areas of education, jail and medical care, the money is being spent on manpower for overwhelmed government agencies charged with combating the crisis.

A renowned economist, who has thoroughly researched the impact of illegal immigration and published numerous reports and articles, recently published an alarming book on the subject that is sure to incense most Americans. In his book, Edwin Rubenstein exposes the gargantuan costs of illegal aliens, according to one recent review.

Titled “The New Americans: Economic, Demographics and Fiscal Effects of Immigrationâ€

$346 billion...it's enough to make one gag and hurl at the same time!

"Thousands of Mexicans have found opportunity in the United States," Calderon said. "And they contribute $635 million to the United States' economy."

The World Bank reports (Worldwide Remittance Flow to Developing Nations Report) for 2006, $68.1 billion dollars were sent by migrant workers (more than 50% illegal aliens) mostly from the U.S. to Latin America. Mexico received 24.4 billion, South America 24.4 billion, Central America 11 billion and the Caribbean 8.4 billion. This is a direct transfer of a huge portion of our economy to the third world; largely by a group of people (illegal aliens) who are not even authorized to work in our country much less have an established presence here.

The U.S. government estimates that since 2003, Mexican drug trafficking organizations have repatriated $22 billion to Mexico from the U.S., which is 20% of all money sent to Mexico from it’s citizens residing, legally and illegally here during this interval. Drug money remittances have accelerated since 2002 when the U.S. government allowed banks to accept the Mexican Matricula Consular ID card. This has enabled these crime groups to engage in money laundering. (U.S. State Department report; March 200