The Cost of Illegals

Illegal aliens cost our country billions of dollars every year. After accounting for any tax revenues generated by illegal aliens they are costing American taxpayers approximately $45 billion per year. The latest information available from the Federation of American Immigration Reform is from the year 2003. The education of children of illegals cost taxpayers $7.7 billion per year. Housing, food stamps and Social Security benefits cost $6.15 billion. medical care (Medicare and Medicaid) cost another $3.7 billion. The criminal justice system and corrections cost an additional $7.75 billion. Local governments absorb another $5 billion in expenses while various other federal programs cost more than $9 billion. According to a Rasmussen poll taken in June 2009, 80% of Americans oppose healthcare coverage for illegal aliens. 68% believe that employers who hire illegals should be punished while 79% say the military should be deployed along the border for security. A result of the polling the Obama administration will not like is 67% of Americans think police should conduct surprise raids in places immigrants are known to gather. Why would Obama not like this? It is really a simple question to answer. The more people that rely on the government for their needs tend to vote for the party that provides the freebies.