How much does illegal immigration cost the us?

In 2010, the average unlawful immigrant household received around $24,721 in government benefits and services while paying some $10,334 in taxes. This generated an average annual fiscal deficit (benefits received minus taxes paid) of around $14,387 per household. This cost had to be borne by U.S. taxpayers. read more

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. read more

That's what it seems to come down to in the most recent flare-up of the immigration debate. Policy makers and pundits who favor a crackdown on illegal immigrants argue that they cost American taxpayers billions of dollars. read more