Billions of US taxpayer money was handed over by the Government to help the 20 million illegals in the country, according to a shocking new study from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).
According to a report from the New York Post, state and local governments borne the majority of the money to illegal Immigration.
Republican leaders say there’s a $1 billion hole in state coffers in Massachusetts, accusing Democrat-controlled government of quietly siphoning off tax dollars to migrants.
The state’s Republican Party filed a Freedom of Information Act request demanding Gov. Maura Healey release Massachusetts’ full migrant budget, saying the true cost has been hidden from the public.
US taxpayers paid $150 BILLION to care for illegal aliens… JUST LAST YEAR.
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“The Healey-Driscoll Administration has shrouded nearly $1 billion spent in secrecy, leaving Massachusetts residents in the dark,” the party’s Amy Carnevale told Fox News.
“They have withheld critical information on 600 incidents involving police, fire, and EMT. Blocking journalists at every turn, the administration has obstructed the flow of information to the public.”
In 2023, Massachusetts taxpayers paid closer to $3 billion in state services for illegals, FAIR reported.
Meanwhile, in New York, the comptroller estimated that the migrant crisis would cost Americans roughly $4.3 billion through 2025, with New Yorkers on the hook for $3 billion this year.
The Post reports that, while most states’ accounts of migrant expenses focus mostly on emergency housing and aid, FAIR looked at the ‘full breadth’ of state services—these include education, medical expenses, police, legal costs, and welfare.
They also included the costs of US-born children of illegal immigrants.
“As long as we keep allowing millions of people to come into the country illegally every year, it’s obviously going to continue to increase the costs,” spokesperson Ira Mehlman told The Post.
“This seems to be just sort of basic, common sense. If you were going to be bringing in lots and lots of people, many of them working off the books for very low wages, that there are going to be enormous social costs incurred,” he added.
