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Mass Immigration Cost American Taxpayers $69 Billion Net and 2 Million Jobsin 1997 Study by Dr. Donald Huddle Reports Legal Immigration of over 1 Million Per Year Accounts for over 62% of Costs State Costs to Taxpayers are Also Soaring (1996 Net Costs % up from 1992): California: $28 billion up 35% New York: $14 billion up 29% Texas: $7 billion up 37% Florida: $6 billion up 77% The first study of the net cost of immigration to American taxpayers in 1997 conducted by Dr. Donald Huddle, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Rice University, found that: The nearly 26 million legal and illegal immigrants settling in the United States since 1970 cost taxpayers a net $69 billion in 1997 alone, in excess of taxes those immigrants paid. This represents a cost of $260 in additional taxes paid by each US resident or $1,030 in additional taxes paid by each family of four. This cost is a substantial increase over the net immigration costs of $65 billion ins 1996, $51 billion ins 1994, $44 billion in 1993, and $43 billion in 1992. Over 62% of the net national cost of immigration in 1996, $406 billion, was attributable to legal and legalized (amnesty) immigrants. Illegal immigration generates about 38%, $24 billion of the total net cost. Legal immigration levels are over one million per year, and rising. During 1996, approximately 23 million predominantly low-skill American workers were displaced from their jobs due to the continued heavy influx of immigrant workers since 1970. Taxpayers paid more than $152 billion in public assistance for those displaced workers in 1996, including Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), unemployment compensation, and food stamps. A net deficit of $85 billion dollars to the Social Security system in 1996 is attributable to the economic impact of the foreign-born population. Continued mass immigration threatens the solvency of the Social Security system. Net cumulative costs for the 1998-2007 decade are projected to reach $932 billion, an average of $932 billion per year, even with recent changes in welfare and immigration policies and a prosperous economy, if current mass immigration trends are allowed to continue. Breakdown for 1997 Costs of Legal Immigration Public Schools (Primary, Secondary, Higher, etc) $225 billion Bilingual Education, ESOL, ESL Education $ 33 billion Medicaid $128 billion AFDC (for legal and illegal immigrant's offspring) $ 24 billion Social Security $248 billion Supplemental Security Income $ 29 billion Housing Assistance $ 26 billion Criminal Justice $ 26 billion Jobs Lost by Americans $108 billion Other Programs $514 billion 1997 Total Costs for LEGAL Immigration: $136 billion Add 1997 total costs for illegal immigration of $41 billion and subtract an estimated $108 billion in taxes paid by all immigrants (legal and illegal) in 1997 to obtain the overall net figure of $69 billion charged to you, and other American taxpayers. Other key facts regarding immigration are: 1) If current immigration trends continue, the current US population of 274 million will nearly double to over 500,000,000 by 2050.
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