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the facts
At the federal, state, and local levels, taxpayers shell out approximately $182 billion to cover the costs incurred from the presence of more than 15.5 million illegal aliens, and about 5.4
million citizen children of illegal aliens.
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That amounts to a cost burden of approximately $8,776 per illegal alien/citizen child. This estimate accounts for ongoing increases in illegal immigration under the Biden Administration. It also includes some categories of individuals without legal status, like DACA recipients and parolees,
who are illegal aliens under law but excluded from many estimates
The current surge of illegal immigration is unprecedented. Some 2.7 million inadmissible aliens
have been released into the country by the administration since January 2021.
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There have also been 1.5 million “got-aways,” Visa overstays also hit a record in FY 2022.
individuals observed entering illegally but not stopped.
produced by the Fauquier County Republican Committee