Illegal Migration Has Cost Americans $150.7B

Migrants enter at Eagle Pass, Texas

As of the beginning of 2023, the net cost of illegal immigration for American taxpayers altogether, including federal, state, and local costs, was at least $150.7 billion—and under Biden, it’s going up steeply all the time.

Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) came out with a report on the heavy cost of illegal migration in America in March. FAIR noted that the net cost of illegal immigration was about $116 billion as of 2017, meaning that almost $35 billion has been expended just in five years’ time. The cost to each individual taxpayer is $1,156 annually.

Meanwhile, the Biden border crisis becomes ever more catastrophic; for instance, just in one border sector (Tucson) recently, 2,800+ illegal aliens crossed into the U.S. in one day and over 15,000 in one week.

• FAIR arrived at this number [$150.7B] by subtracting the tax revenue paid by illegal aliens – just under $32 billion – from the gross negative economic impact of illegal immigration, $182 billion…

• Illegal immigration costs each American taxpayer $1,156 per year ($957 after factoring in taxes paid by illegal aliens).

• Each illegal alien or U.S.-born child of illegal aliens costs the U.S. $8,776 annually.

• Evidence shows that tax payments by illegal aliens cover only around a sixth of the costs they create at all levels in this country.

• A large percentage of illegal aliens who work in the underground economy frequently avoid paying any income tax at all.

• Many illegal aliens actually receive a net cash profit through refundable tax credit programs.

It’s completely disgusting that American taxpayers are being drained to support people who should never have been in the country in the first place.