Look it up. I did.
I thought the total was like 100 million. Turns out if 300 Billion, with a B.
Blew me away when I read the article.
In his speech in Arizona, Donald Trump outlined all the ways he plans to address illegal immigration if elected to the White House. The United States has to act, he said Aug. 31, because illegal immigration comes at a steep cost.
"Illegal immigration costs our country more than $113 billion a year. And this is what we get," Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, said. "For the money we are going to spend on illegal immigration over the next 10 years, we could provide 1 million at-risk students with a school voucher, which so many people are wanting."
We wondered if illegal immigration costs taxpayers $113 billion a year. We asked Trump’s campaign for the source of his data but did not hear back.
Fox News’ Sean Hannity
presented the $113 billion figure a few days earlier in a town hall interview with Trump, citing a 2013
report from Federation for American Immigration Reform, a group seeking reduced immigration.
FAIR’s report says $113 billion represents the total cost at the federal, state and local levels for undocumented immigrants. The vast majority -- $84 billion -- is paid by state and local governments.
The $113 billion is not a net cost. Taking into consideration federal, state and local tax payments made by the undocumented population, the net cost would be about $99 billion, according to the FAIR report.
Trump says illegal immigration costs $113 billion a year