According to a report entitled “The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on Washingtonians” FAIR 2011, Washington State taxpayers are supporting ILLEGAL aliens to the tune of $2.5 BILLION each year.
An estimated 275,000 illegal aliens live in Washington State. Illegal aliens cost taxpayers $2.7 BILLION in state and local costs, but they only pay an estimated $203 million in taxes collected by the state; leaving a burden of more than $2.5 BILLION for Washington taxpayers.
Taxpayers support illegal aliens in education by $1.6 BILLION; in healthcare, $508 MILLION; in justice and law enforcement, $176 MILLION; in public assistance, $143 MILLION; and in general government services $325 MILLION.
According to FAIR.org,
- In 2017, the total cost of illegal immigration for the United States – at the federal, state, and local levels – was approximately $116 billion.
- FAIR arrived at this number by subtracting the tax revenue paid by illegal aliens – about $19 billion – from the total economic impact of illegal migration, $134.9 billion.
- In 2013, the estimated total cost of illegal migration was approximately $113 billion. So, in under four years, the cost has risen nearly $3 billion.
- Evidence shows that the tax payments made by illegal aliens fail to cover the costs of the many services they consume.
- A large percentage of illegal aliens who work in the underground economy frequently avoid paying any income tax at all.
- Many illegal aliens actually receive a net cash profit through refundable tax credit programs.
