Now Comes the Truth
Illegal Immigration State Faces Meltdown
Market Watch -- November 7
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California's Budget Problems Exacerbated by Illegal Immigration
Santa Barbara, Calif. -- While Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has called for increases in the sales tax and cuts in services to reduce the budget deficit of $11.2 billion, a population group has noted that the shortfall is about the same as the costs of illegal immigration to the state.
Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) says that a 2004 study indicated that California's illegal alien population imposed a net cost of $9 billion per year on the state's taxpayers just for education, medical care and incarceration. "After adjusting the figure for current costs and increases in the number of illegal aliens, it would exceed the state's projected deficit," according to Diana Hull, the organization's president, "and this is a very conservative estimate. [...]
A 2007 study by Philip J. Romero... estimated that illegal aliens in California receive somewhere between $10 and $38 billion more in state services than they pay in state taxes.
 See: California Meltdown Watch |
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