Of course there is the $10 billion dollars that illegal immigrants cost California tax payers each year (according to the Center for Immigration Reform), but believe it or not, that’s not even the half of it. Little known and, virtually never mentioned, are the billions of dollars being siphoned out of the California economy by Mexicans. Last time I looked, in 2008, approximately $13 billion dollars were being sent back to Latin America (mostly Mexico). That money is a direct, unrecoverable loss to the state’s economy. But there’s more, much more: a dollar paid in wages is then spent and re-spent approximately two times each year (i.e., the “velocity of money”). So the $13 billion dollars actually translates to $26 billion per year of lost economic activity in California. A large portion of this lost money is due to illegals.
In 2008, California’s entire economy amounted to about $1.85 trillion, so the loss of $26 billion (1.4%) in economic activity is no trivial matter. Particularly, when you consider that the state would be lucky to sustain an average growth rate of 1.0 percent per year (but probably won't).
Isn’t the $30 billion that the US sends to Mexico in foreign aid enough already?
Personally, I have never read or heard any mention of these well documented facts. If you have, please let me know.
Another good resource for documented facts is the Federation of American Immigration Reform....based on the 2010 census data it is estimated that for education, health-care, and incarceration cost the States of California $10.5B, Texas $4.7B and Arizona $1.3B.....not to mention the Billions sent back to Mexico....
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