Cost of Joe Biden's open borders: $200 billion, paid by you

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : But even without that provision, and even once the border-jumpers start working (legally or otherwise) and paying taxes, the net costs to taxpayers nationwide will be enormous.
46% : Add in another 1 million got-aways -- border infiltrators who were detected (by cameras or ground sensors or other means) but not apprehended because the Border Patrol had its hands' full dealing with all the illegal immigrants turning themselves in knowing they'd be released -- and the lifetime cost for taxpayers soars past $200 billion.
44% : Less-educated people, whether they're immigrants or native born, on average make less money and thus pay little in taxes, while making greater use of taxpayer-funded government services.
37% : A few years back, the Center for Immigration Studies used data from the National Academies of Sciences to estimate the lifetime net fiscal impact (taxes paid minus services used) for each illegal immigrant, not counting their US-born children.
36% : So the drain on government coffers created by illegal immigrants isn't because they're lazy or came here to get welfare (though that obviously does happen).
31% : Nor is it because they all work off the books and don't pay taxes; we estimate that half or more of illegal immigrants work on the books, with fake or stolen Social Security numbers.

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