U.S. taxpayers are footing a $151 billion bill each year to cover the cost of illegal immigration, according to a new study published on March 8 by a Washington-based immigration group.
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) study concludes that American taxpayers pay around $182 billion annually to provide services and benefits to about 15.5 million illegal immigrants and approximately 5.4 million citizen children of illegal aliens.
However, about $31 billion in taxes are collected from those illegal immigrants, which brings the net cost to $150.7 billion annually.
The 2022 costs represent a 30 percent increase since 2017, when a similar FAIR study estimated that the annual net cost of illegal immigration was $116 billion….