Reply #5: 630,000 illegal immigrants in FL [View All]

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Destroys economies and costs the States billions. I am happy to see the companies that hire them take a hit.

The costs of illegal immigration to Florida

Executive Summary

Analysis of the latest Census data indicates Florida's illegal immigrant population is costing the state's taxpayers nearly two billion dollars per year for education, medical care and incarceration. Even if the estimated taxes collected from illegal immigrant workers are subtracted, net outlays still amount to nearly one billion dollars per year. The annual fiscal burden amounts to about $315 per Florida household headed by a native-born resident.

This analysis looks specifically at the costs to the state for education, health care and incarceration resulting from illegal immigration. These three are the largest cost areas, and they are the same three areas analyzed in a 1994 study conducted by the Urban Institute, which provides a useful baseline for comparison a decade later. Other studies have been conducted in the interim, showing trends that support the conclusions of this report.

There are other significant costs associated with illegal immigration, and federal and state officials should take these into account as well. Even without accounting for all of the numerous areas in which costs associated with illegal immigration are being incurred by Florida taxpayers, the program areas analyzed in this study indicate that the burden is substantial and that the costs are rapidly increasing.

The nearly two billion dollars in costs incurred by Florida taxpayers annually result from outlays in the following areas:

more: http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_flcoststudy_html

When businesses compete all on a level playing field the "competition" problem goes away. This is not just an agricultural industry problem