Illegals Cost Florida $4.3 Billion a Year

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has issued a detailed report on the cost to Floridians by illegal aliens. Florida's illegal alien population is estimated at 630,000.

Fair reports that over $4 billion a year is spent on public education for illegals, $165 million a year on non-reimbursed health care costs of illegals & $155 million a year for jailing illegals charged with crimes. This amounts to about $575 a year per Florida household headed by a native-born resident. Fair concludes by stating that if nothing is done to stem the burden of illegal aliens to Florida that in 10 years the yearly cost to taxpayers will rise to $8 billion. The report does not even consider the impact of overcrowding, additional traffic, environmental issues & the sudden cultural change by 630,000 illegals.

At $4.3 billion a year, in 10 years we are talking $43 billion dollars. Think what that money could do for Floridian taxpayers. For one thing, it could lower their taxes. Instead of peeing it away on illegals who committed a crime by getting into this country, the money could be spent on the state's infrastructure, better health care for Americans, more health care for those Americans who can't afford it, helping the poor & the homeless Americans in Florida. The money could be used in so many ways to help Floridians.

Instead, because of the Congress & the President's dismal failure to do anything about the illegal invasion, Floridians are being cheated out of the benefits that $4.3 billion a year could provide them. Add in the other 49 states that are throwing money away because of illegals & you're talking about a huge travesty with taxpayer dollars.

Thank the Congress & the President for betraying its citizens ( the legal ones we mean).