And the R's are reaching across the aisle to make nice with the D's to pass amnesty for the minimum 30 - 40 million illegals in the U.S. 40% of the illegals are visa overstays, many of them starting out as 'guest workers' in STEM fields.
Report published July, 2010 revised 2011
FAIR uses the government fiction of 13 million illegals to calculate their figures, so the true cost to US taxpayers is a great deal higher. Note: these figures for only 13 million illegals are NET, i.e. benefits received minus taxes paid.
" .... ....Illegal immigration costs U.S. taxpayers about $113 billion a year at the federal, state and local level. The bulk of the costs — some $84.2 billion — are absorbed by state and local governments. [$ 28.8 Billion per year for fed ~ 25%; ].... ...." A bonus here is that by pushing costs over tot he states, states are made more dependent upon the federal dole, thus eroding state's rights..
$113 billion per year @ 13 million illegals: Fed net fiscal costs: $19,188,800,000 States net fiscal burden: $89,191.9 million pg 78