Thread: April welfare costs for children of illegal aliens $52m

APRIL WELFARE COSTS FOR CHILDREN OF ILLEGAL ALIENS EXCEEDS $52 MILLION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

source: http://antonovich.lacounty.gov/Pages...s%2052810.html

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Tony Bell, Communications Deputy
Office: (213) 974-5555
Cell: (213) 215-5176
tbell@bos.lacounty.gov

APRIL WELFARE COSTS FOR CHILDREN OF ILLEGAL ALIENS EXCEEDS $52 MILLION

May 28, 2010—Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich released figures from the Department of Public Social Services showing that in April 2010, $52 million in welfare benefits ($22 million CalWORKs + $30 million in Food Stamps) were issued to parents who reside in the United States illegally and collect benefits for their native-born children in Los Angeles County. This amounts to approximately 23% of all CalWORKs and Food Stamp issuances in the County.

In 2009, CalWORKs and Food Stamp issuances to illegals totaled nearly $570 million. The total costs for CalWORKs and Food Stamps for children of illegal aliens has risen steadily by an additional $1 million cost to the taxpayers each month since January 2009.


“When you add this to $540 million for public safety and nearly $500 million for healthcare, the total cost for illegal immigrants to County taxpayers far exceeds $1 billion a year – not including the hundreds of millions of dollars for education,” said Antonovich.

2009	CalWORKs		FOOD STAMPS		CalWORKs + FOOD STAMPS
MONTH	TOTAL	ILLEGALS	TOTAL	ILLEGALS	TOTAL	ILLEGALS
January	$82,761,595	$20,837,263	$92,247,354	$21,037,086	$175,008,949	$41,874,349
February	$83,451,025	$21,166,749	$93,918,639	$21,540,326	$177,369,664	$42,707,075
March	$84,994,290	$21,547,995	$96,232,122	$22,201,424	$181,226,412	$43,749,419
April	$86,199,153	$21,734,461	$112,847,791	$25,934,814	$199,046,944	$47,669,275
May	$86,420,038	$21,782,246	$114,895,102	$26,141,888	$201, 315,140	$47,924,134
June	$87,611,378	$21,906,631	$116,841,880	$26,515,762	$204,453,258	$48,422,393
July	$85,296,850	$21,162,630	$119,970,538	$27,045,847	$205,267,388	$48,208,477
August	$85,797,283	$21,165,982	$121,171,353	$27,210,260	$206,968,636	$48,376,242
September	$87,625,305	$21,404,981	$124,120,851	$27,774,459	$211,746,156	$49,179,440
October	$88,481,754	$21,523,049	$126,799,636	$28,346,166	$215,281,390	$49,869,215
November	$88,050,522	$21,595,661	$128,169,841	$28,477,064	$216,220,363	$50,072,725
December	$89,385,780	$21,918,503	$130,963,355	$29,188,963	$220,349,135	$51,107,466
TOTAL	$1,036,074,973	$257,746,151	$1,378,178,462	$311,414,059	$2,414,253,435	$569,160,210

2010	CalWORKs		FOOD STAMPS		CalWORKs + FOOD STAMPS
MONTH	TOTAL	ILLEGALS	TOTAL	ILLEGALS	TOTAL	ILLEGALS
January	$88,615,870	$21,867,225	$130,492,264	$28,974,573	$219,108,134	$50,841,798
February	$89,098,884	$21,876,519	$132,167,065	$29,372,364	$221,265,949	$51,248,883
March	$89,658,527	$22,042,682	$134,356,918	$29,951,997	$224,015,445	$51,994,679
April	$90,074,087	$22,200,566	$134,027,566	$29,800,515	$224,101,653	$52,001,081