Stating the Obvious: Immigration Costs You Money


A new study: http://www.esrresearch.com/Rubensteinreport.pdf by noted economist Edwin S. Rubinstein analyzes the economic and fiscal impact of immigration– both legal and illegal– on 15 different federal agencies… meaning the cost to you and me.

From the report: “[The National Research Council] found [in 1997] that the average immigrant household receives $13,326 in federal annual expenditures and pays $10,664 in federal taxes—that is, they generate a fiscal deficit of $2,682 (1996 dollars) per household. In 2007 dollars this is a deficit of $3,408 per immigrant household.â€