This article is common sense and needs to be told because our media never covers the costs associated with the insanity of illegals flooding into our country. We are paying for all of this through taxes, one way or the other. We need to stop this craze and rethink our immigration policies, but not until we clean up the mess from Joe Biden. All IMO.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/the_economic_cost_of_open_borders.html
“While federal figures grab headlines, state and local governments bear the sharpest pain. A Congressional Budget Office report on the 2023 migrant surge found that while revenue from the influx increased by $10.1 billion, spending rose by $19.3 billion, a net loss of over $9 billion. The three primary cost drivers were K–12 education, emergency shelter, and border security.
California spends $21.76 billion annually to absorb the consequences of illegal immigration. Texas spends $8.88 billion. Former New York City mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, stated he needed $2.8 billion for a single fiscal year to handle the influx amounting to $65,116 per migrant.
Illinois offers a cautionary tale in unintended consequences. In 2020, the state expanded Medicaid to cover illegal immigrants. Program administrators projected $223 million in 2023 expenses. By 2024, spending was projected at $1 billion. After trimming the program, final costs came in at $550 million, still 90 percent over the original projection.
... Research from the Center for Immigration Studies found that for every one percent increase in the foreign-born share of an occupation, native-born workers see a 0.5 percent decrease in weekly wages. The heaviest losses are concentrated in construction, food services, maintenance, janitorial work, and agriculture, exactly where illegal immigrants and low-skilled native-born workers compete for the same jobs.
... The blue-collar workers, working poor, and minority Americans most likely to face competition from illegal immigrants are the very people who can least afford further wage suppression.
Annual figures are alarming enough. Projected over a lifetime, they become sobering.
Economist Daniel Di Martino of the Manhattan Institute modeled the lifetime fiscal impact of newly arrived illegal immigrants taxes paid versus government benefits received. The result: a $130,000 net fiscal burden per new illegal immigrant on average.
Scaled to the full population in question, the lifetime cost of the current immigration situation could reach $1.15 trillion roughly $3,000 per U.S. citizen, from this one phenomenon alone.
What the Numbers Actually Show
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A net annual taxpayer burden of $150.7 billion
More than $9 billion stripped from state and local budgets in a single year
Documented downward wage pressure on construction workers, warehouse workers, home health aides the people who most need a raise
A lifetime fiscal exposure exceeding $1 trillion”