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Illegal immigration costs the U.S. over $100 billion dollars a year. This video from the Federation for American Immigration Reform lays out the reasons why illegal immigration costs Americans billions in taxes.

Illegal immigration is not only a burden on our environment and our population but also our wallets, especially in tough economic times. An additional financial burden is difficult to handle. The annual cost of illegal immigration is estimated at $113 Billion to our nation's taxpayers. A proposal to allow illegal aliens permanent access to US jobs makes no sense when you recognize that this would keep many current U.S. Citizens from getting jobs.

Not only can illegal immigration limit US workers job opportunities but it can affect their income as well. Illegal immigrants are often paid less than their legal counterparts, leading not only to exploitation, but a lowering of wages and working conditions for everyone. Households headed by illegal aliens imposed more than $28.8 Billion in costs on the federal government in 2009 and paid only $9.5 Billion in Taxes (A deficit of $19.3 Billion).

Many companies that hire only legal workers are forced to compete with companies that undercut prices by hiring illegal workers, threatening to force the responsible company out of business. One of the things which makes this country great is how much we provide for the people who reside here. Even individuals who are here illegally benefit from our tax dollars. Expenditures like educating children, medical care, administration of justice, child care, temporary assistance to needy families, and school meal programs all end up benefiting illegal aliens.

Some disregard these costs, they want to provide legal status to illegal immigrants through an amnesty. What they fail to realize is that this would perpetuate the burden of illegal migration. Instead, policy makers must send a clear message abroad and to illegal aliens here that they will not tolerate illegal migration. This will not only improve national security, but also attack a major fiscal burden. It will provide greater opportunities to today's unemployed and underemployed citizens and legal residents.

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According to the Pew Research Center, the number of illegal immigrants in the United States now exceeds 11 million. Without an effective route to citizenship, American breeds a culture of national security problems because there is no option for these individuals other than those provided by peoplewho skirt the law and often take advantage. Migrant workers and their families work to the benefitof business owners without proper protectionsand do themselves and all of America a disservice in the long run without a clear path forward.

The Foundation has provided support in legal actions aiming to allow local and state governments to act on illegal immigration security, reduce the number of delays and stays when deportation is justified, effectively secure the United States border, and grant the authority of custom officials to inspect all vehicles crossing the border into the United States from Mexico. Hundreds of immigrants die in the Arizona desert and elsewhere from dehydration every year trying to cross the border illegally, and the Foundation has argued that in the absence of a practical solution toward citizenship, stronger security measures are necessary for the protection of human lives.

In cases where the Foundation feels that Americans citizens have been disproportionately and negatively impacted by illegal immigration, we advocate to remedy the situation. For example, AEF has argued that California and Kansas should not allow illegal aliens to attend state universities at in-state rates while denying out-of-state applicants that same option and that illegal aliens should not be awarded multi-million dollar awards for healthcare in the United States when that same healthcare is available at lower rates in their home country.

Read about these Foundation legal actions and more in our Amicus Briefs below.

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With over 11 million immigrants in the United States illegally, the issue of illegal immigration continues to divide Americans.

Some people say that illegal immigration benefits the US economy through additional tax revenue, expansion of the low-cost labor pool, and increased money in circulation. They contend that immigrants bring good values, have motivations consistent with the American dream, perform jobs that Americans wont take, and that opposition to immigration stems from racism.

Opponents of illegal immigration say that people who break the law by crossing the US border without proper documentation or by overstaying their visas should be deported and not rewarded with a path to citizenship and access to social services. They argue that people in the country illegally are criminals and social and economic burdens to law-abiding, tax-paying Americans.

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Some people say that illegal immigration benefits the US economy through additional tax revenue, expansion of the low-cost labor pool, and increased money in circulation. They contend that immigrants bring good values, have motivations consistent with the American dream, perform jobs that Americans wont take, and that opposition to immigration stems from racism.

Opponents of illegal immigration say that people who break the law by crossing the US border without proper documentation or by overstaying their visas should be deported and not rewarded with a path to citizenship and access to social services. They argue that people in the country illegally are criminals and social and economic burdens to law-abiding, tax-paying Americans.

PROS & CONS BY CATEGORY

CORE QUESTION

Definitions

Economic Impact

Labor Market - American Workers and Employers

Crime

Immigrants' Rights and Access to Services

Birthright Citizenship

Deportation Debate

Borders

Immigration Quotas

Law Enforcement

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The swelling population of illegal immigrants and their kids is costing American taxpayers $135 billion a year, the highest ever, driven by free medical care, education and a huge law enforcement bill, according to the the most authoritative report on the issue yet.

And despite claims from pro-illegal immigration advocates that the aliens pay significant off-setting taxes back to federal, state and local treasuries, theFederation for American Immigration Reformreport tallied just $19 billion, making the final hit to taxpayers about $116 billion.

State and local governments are getting ravaged by the costs, at over $88 billion. The federal government, by comparison, is getting off easy at $45 billion in costs for illegals.

President Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and conservatives in Congress are moving aggressively to deal with illegals, especially those with long criminal records. But their effort is being fought by courts and some 300 so-called "sanctuary communities" that refuse to work with federal law enforcement.

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The Massachusetts Democrat fielded questions from The Enterprise about issues with the Veteran's Affairs medical system, the opioid crisis, and illegal immigration.

BROCKTON Resources and oversight are the keys to getting the nations Veterans Affairs system back on track and keeping it there, according to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren.

The Massachusetts Democrat fielded questions from The Enterprise about issues with the Veterans Affairs medical system, the opioid crisis, and illegal immigration during a press conference following a tour of the Brockton Veterans Affairs Medical Center Thursday.

Warren said the federal government has been working to improve conditions and services in the national Veterans Affairs system by increasing oversight at all of the countrys facilities and finding ways to boost the systems funding.

The VA became embroiled in a national scandal in 2014 when systemic problems with falsified record-keeping and lengthy waiting times for care at facilities across the country came to light. At least one veterans death has been linked to the problems.

In March, a Mississippi Marine Corps veteran died in the Brockton facility after overdosing on the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl while being treated for severe post-traumatic stress disorder. The facility has faced whistleblower allegations of patient neglect and an outbreak of Legionnaires disease in recent years.

Right now, were asking our veterans facilities to deal with an opioid crisis that is growing out of all proportion, and they need help to be able to do that, Warren said. Its up to us in Congress to make sure that they have the money that they need to hire the people that they need to make this happen.

She noted shes recently worked on a bill to expand veterans educational benefits.

I think whats really important that we not just go down to Washington and pass another law and say the problem is solved. It really means that we come to the VA centers themselves and hear whats happening and let (them) tell us where are the best places to help... and we need oversight when that help is provided.

Warren also voiced support for proposals to open supervised sites where intravenous drug users can inject under the watch of medical professionals in Massachusetts. Such a facility has been floated by supporters in Boston.

Im a data-driven person, and the latest data I have seen suggests that this may be a way to bring down deaths from opioids, she said.

Overdose deaths have begun trending down statewide after mounting for years, recent state data shows, but Massachusetts still lost more than 2,000 residents to drug-related overdoses in 2016.

Warren also decried threats by the Trump administration to cut off certain federal funding to cities that decline to aid the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in apprehending illegal immigrants, often dubbed sanctuary cities. Last winter, local faith groups lobbied for Brockton to take that stance.

I believe in the Constitution of the United States, and I think the Constitution is entirely clear that the federal government cannot withhold funds from localities as a way to try to bend those localities to the federal governments desires on enforcement or any other issues that are not directly related to the funds themselves, she said.

The state Supreme Judicial Court last month ruled that local law enforcement has no authority to hold individuals on orders from ICE, known as immigration detainers.

There are no grounds under state law to be able to detain, Warren said. I think thats correct.

The Brockton visit was the first stop on Warrens tour of the southeastern part of the state. She continued on to visit High Point Treatment Center in Plymouth and held a town hall event in Marshfield at night. She spent Wednesday in New Bedford.

In Brockton, Warren toured the hospitals long-term rehabilitation, mental health and spinal cord injury units. She also visited a program that the hospital runs for female veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Vincent Ng, the director of the VA Boston Healthcare System that the Brockton campus is part of, said that 10-week program is one of just two in the country. Warren met with eight women currently working through the program, he said.

Its for woman veterans who have experienced trauma, and whove been to other programs and failed, unfortunately, Ng said. This is kind of their last stop. It helps them with special skills to cope with PTSD.

The tour finished with a roundtable discussion with local leaders and state representatives at the recently renovated Howard House, a private-public partnership that houses homeless veterans and provides them with vocational training to help them live independently.

It makes me proud, once again, to be from Massachusetts and to see what Massachusetts is doing for our vets, Warren said of the visit.

Ng said Warren met and spoke one-on-one with some of the veterans at the facility.

She is really a veterans advocate, she met and talked with them and made them feel honored, and we should honor our vets for the service theyve provided to this country, he said.

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