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What amnesty for illegal immigrants will cost America
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason May 06, 2013 01:50pm |
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| Category | Op-Ed by Candidate |
| Author | Jim DeMint and Robert Rector |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Monday, May 6, 2013 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The economist Milton Friedman warned that the United States cannot have open borders and an extensive welfare state. He was right, and his reasoning extends to amnesty for the more than 11 million unlawful immigrants in this country. In addition to being unfair to those who follow the law and encouraging more unlawful immigration in the future, amnesty has a substantial price tag.
An exhaustive study by the Heritage Foundation has found that after amnesty, current unlawful immigrants would receive $9.4 trillion in government benefits and services and pay more than $3 trillion in taxes over their lifetimes. That leaves a net fiscal deficit (benefits minus taxes) of $6.3 trillion. That deficit would have to be financed by increasing the government debt or raising taxes on U.S. citizens. |
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