How do you think most American taxpayers would feel if they knew that more of their tax money is going to illegal immigrant births than to funding Trump’s border wall? They would likely be outraged. Sadly, this is where we are, folks.
The Washington Examiner reports:
Shock report: US paying more for illegal immigrant births than Trump’s wall
Americans are paying more to cover the costs of illegal immigrants having children in the United States than Congress plans to give President Trump in border wall funding this year, according to an explosive new analysis of Census Bureau data.
The new report reveals that women in the United States illegally had 297,000 children in 2014 at a cost of $2.4 billion.
That is $800 million more than the Senate has approved for Trump’s border wall this year and enough to pay for the wall over 10 years.
The Center for Immigration Studies report also put a price on the likely Medicaid bill for childbirth and early care to illegal and legal immigrants combined, at $5.3 billion. That is one-fifth the total cost of building the border wall.
A national debate over wall funding is set for after the election and could result in a partial government shutdown if Trump doesn’t get more than the Senate’s $1.6 billion.
This is one of the many reasons why it’s so important to keep Republicans in control. Be sure to vote in November!
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