<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Haitian illegal aliens crossing the Rio Grande, Veronica G. Cardenas for the New York Times</figcaption></figure>

Strangers No Longer is a Socialist Document

“Migrant crisis has US taxpayers on the hook for up to $451B, House GOP report says.”[1] That’s a real headline in the New York Post from November 2023. 

According to the article,

Americans could pay up to $451 billion to care for migrants who entered the US illegally, but have been released into the country or escaped from custody, according to a new report due out Monday from House Republicans and obtained exclusively by The Post…

Compiled from federal and state records, media reports and other public information, the 50-page document outlines the taxpayer costs incurred in medical care, housing, education and other welfare benefits for tens of millions of migrants — to say nothing of the additional costs for law enforcement.

One could argue that this report is biased in that it was put out by the GOP while a Democrat was in the White House.

The Post article cites another study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) claiming that “federal, state, and local costs of illegal immigration amount to around $182 billion annually—with aliens defraying just $31 billion of that cost in tax revenue.” That means American taxpayers are on the hook for $151 billion.