American Families Cannot Afford the Cost of Amnesty

[P@triot]

We have more than $12 trillion in public debt and tens of trillions of dollars more in unfunded obligations that we have no way to afford, thanks to promises made by past and present politicians. With this in mind, today’s political leaders must consider the fiscal impact of amnesty and a path to citizenship that would enable millions of unlawful immigrants to qualify for costly welfare and entitlement programs.

When Robert Rector of The Heritage Foundation last crunched the numbers during the 2007 amnesty debate, Rector calculated that a general amnesty would cost some $2.5 trillion after considering what legalized immigrants would likely pay in taxes and receive in government assistance. With government only getting bigger (again, see Obamacare), it is likely he will calculate an even higher price tag in 2013. His highly anticipated research is nearing completion. His research from five years ago and the anticipated update are a central part of the debate.

Immigration | American Families Cannot Afford the Costs of Amnesty

 

[waltky]

Gonna cost a lotta money to amnesty illegals...

Heritage: Amnestied Illegals Will Get $9.4T in Benefits; Increase Debt $6.3T'
May 6, 2013 – Granting amnesty to illegal immigrants would cost $6.3 trillion, according to a new report by the Heritage Foundation.

“Unlawful immigration and amnesty for current unlawful immigrants can pose large fiscal costs for U.S. taxpayers,” states the report by Robert Rector and Jason Richwine, Ph.D.

Not only would the federal deficit increase, but the cost of benefits and services to millions of newly minted citizens would reach nearly $10 trillion. “Over a lifetime, the former unlawful immigrants together would receive $9.4 trillion in government benefits and services and pay $3.1 trillion in taxes,” the report states. “They would generate a lifetime fiscal deficit (total benefits minus total taxes) of $6.3 trillion.”

Rector and Richwine took into account direct benefits, such as Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance, and workers’ compensation, as well as means-tested welfare benefits, public education costs and population-based services in reaching their findings. Heritage President Jim Demint will unveil the new study at a press conference at 11:30 on Monday.

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[tjvh]

The real problem is that offering amnesty before completely securing our borders, is a one way ticket for America becoming a third world country.

 

[LilOlLady]

Ronald Reagan’s Biggest Mistake –
According to Reagan Himself


According to a 1997 report by the Center for Immigration Studies, the cost of amnesty for 2.7 million illegal immigrants had accumulated to $156.7 billion (in 1986 dollars!) by 1997. The net cost after $78 billion in tax collections was $78.7 billion dollars. This amounts to a subsidy per amnestied illegal of $29,148 in 1986 dollars, which is an important indirect subsidy for the employers of illegal workers. But U.S. workers paid the highest price. The 1986 amnesty displaced 1,872,000 American workers over the next decade. This and downward pressure on American wages are not adequately accounted for in the report. In fact, downward pressure on U.S. worker income may be the largest cost to the American economy of amnesty and excess immigration levels.

Ronald Reagan?s Biggest Mistake ? According to Reagan Himself | Conservative Heritage Times

 

[LilOlLady]

Amnesty will cost American taxpayers at least $6.3 trillion in welfare and other public benefits, according to a Heritage Foundation study.
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Amnesty price tag? $6.3 trillion

“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
Sir Winston Churchill

 

[jwoodie]

This fails to recognize lost tax revenues due to the underground economy that illegals are forced to live in. Why not give them Conditional Visas based on self support and no public assistance? After ten years of paying taxes, they could then be granted permanent status. How else are we going to pay for Medicare and Social Security?

 

[TheOldSchool]

This fails to recognize lost tax revenues due to the underground economy that illegals are forced to live in. Why not give them Conditional Visas based on self support and no public assistance? After ten years of paying taxes, they could then be granted permanent status. How else are we going to pay for Medicare and Social Security?

Decent idea, but not black and white. Americans want black and white on this issue

 

[LilOlLady]

This fails to recognize lost tax revenues due to the underground economy that illegals are forced to live in. Why not give them Conditional Visas based on self support and no public assistance? After ten years of paying taxes, they could then be granted permanent status. How else are we going to pay for Medicare and Social Security?

They already pay their fair share of taxes which is in a negative due to tax refunds and tax credits and visas will not change that.
Try not giving their anchor babies no public assistance.

They contribute to our social security, Medicare but it only benefits those programs if they NEVER collect themselves. Even though they claim they will not they will and they will collect far more than they put in. A friend of mine who is came here at age 62 and work a few years in casinos and now is receiving SSI and full medicaid, live in public housing getting food stamps and is a drain on the economy. She also get free phones that she sent back to Philippines .She has property in the Philippines that she get revenue from and hide from the government. What illegals pay in taxes to not began to pay for the benefits they get now and in the future. Her husband was also in the Philippine military. Shouldn't she be getting benefits from that source?
Low income worker will never contribute to the economy. And family reunification will bring in millions more low income, low education people.

 

[LilOlLady]

Record American Worker Displacement--Even Before Amnesty/ Immigration Surge

Immigrant Employment Rose FOUR TIMES FASTER Than Native-born Employment Over Past Year

After January’s record displacement, February was one of the rare months in which the bulk of the new jobs went to native-born Americans. In February:

Total employment rose by 170,000, or by 0.12%
Native-born employment rose by 169,000, or by 0.14%
Foreign-born employment rose by 1,000, or by 0.01%
(My research shows that, for whatever reason, February is traditionally a month when immigrants lose ground relative to natives. In fact, immigrant job performance relative to the native-born was, if anything, better this year than in prior years:

In charting American worker displacement we set both native-born and immigrant employment in January 2009 at 100.0. Since then:

Immigrant employment has increased 1.722 million, or by 8.0%. The immigrant employment index rose to 108.0.
Native-born employment has declined by 451,000 – or by 0.4%.The Native-born employment index fell to 99.6.
Over the past 12 months:

Immigrants gained 693,000 jobs, a 3.1% increase; native-born workers gained 851,000 positions, an 0.7% increase. ADVANTAGE IMMIGRANTS—immigrant employment grew four times faster than native-born.
The immigrant unemployment rate fell by 1.3 percentage points—or by 13.7%; native-born unemployment fell by 0.6 percentage points—a 7.0% decline. ADVANTAGE IMMIGRANTS—AND IN ADDITION:
The labor force participation rate—a measure of worker confidence—increased for immigrants and fell for natives. ADVANTAGE IMMIGRANTS
The number of native-born persons not in the labor force rose by 2.4%; the number of immigrants not in the labor force fell by 0.2% ADVANTAGE IMMIGRANT
National Data| February Jobs: Immigrant Employment Rose FOUR TIMES FASTER Than Native-born Employment Over Past Year | VDARE.com

 

[Vel]

Amnesty will cost American taxpayers at least $6.3 trillion in welfare and other public benefits, according to a Heritage Foundation study.
Read more at Amnesty price tag? $6.3 trillion
Amnesty price tag? $6.3 trillion

“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
Sir Winston Churchill

You knew this amnesty was coming when you cast your vote for Obama. He campaigned on amnesty for illegals. You knew then the tremendous cost to the nation and chose this. Why do you complain now?

 

[jasonnfree]

Amnesty will cost American taxpayers at least $6.3 trillion in welfare and other public benefits, according to a Heritage Foundation study.
Read more at Amnesty price tag? $6.3 trillion
Amnesty price tag? $6.3 trillion

“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
Sir Winston Churchill

You knew this amnesty was coming when you cast your vote for Obama. He campaigned on amnesty for illegals. You knew then the tremendous cost to the nation and chose this. Why do you complain now?

You know 2007 was the year that bush pushed for amnesty really hard but lost. Flooding the country with the poor of the third world, outsourcing, offshoring, downsizing, all this is a bipartisan thing. Both parties are internationalist and free trade. We only have one vote. I voted for Obama as being 5-10% less of a dirt bag than his opponents. Both parties are out to destroy what's left of the middle class and turn us into a two class society. The few at the top, and then the rest of us like all third world countries.

 

[Grandma]

You do know that the guy that wrote the "study"paper for the far right Heritage Organization can't back up any of his findings, right?

Or doesn't that matter to the moos of the wingnut propaganda machine?

 

[Vel]

Amnesty will cost American taxpayers at least $6.3 trillion in welfare and other public benefits, according to a Heritage Foundation study.
Read more at Amnesty price tag? $6.3 trillion
Amnesty price tag? $6.3 trillion

You knew this amnesty was coming when you cast your vote for Obama. He campaigned on amnesty for illegals. You knew then the tremendous cost to the nation and chose this. Why do you complain now?

You know 2007 was the year that bush pushed for amnesty really hard but lost. Flooding the country with the poor of the third world, outsourcing, offshoring, downsizing, all this is a bipartisan thing. Both parties are internationalist and free trade. We only have one vote. I voted for Obama as being 5-10% less of a dirt bag than his opponents. Both parties are out to destroy what's left of the middle class and turn us into a two class society. The few at the top, and then the rest of us like all third world countries.

Obama said during his campaign that if re-elected he would push for this amnesty. If you voted to re-elect him rather than his opponent who came out opposed to amnesty, then you also chose this. If you didn't know the tremendous cost to the nation that this would be, then you failed to do you homework before you cast your ballot. LilOlLady did know exactly what he was going to do and the cost and made the decision to vote for him anyway. I can think of no policy that Romney could have made that would have resulted in this mammoth expansion of the welfare state and the denigration of U.S. law.