The price of Joe Biden’s damaged border is unsustainable.
In Illinois, ‘welcoming’ programs have elevated the price of unlawful immigration to the state by at the least $2.2 billion over the past two years, in accordance with a latest Wirepoints report.
The evaluation of presidency grant studies, budgets, and different public paperwork tallied the prices of “free” advantages for the 35K illegals flooding the state.
Greater than $1 billion has been spent on well being care prices, at the least $120 million in FY24 for English as a Second Language (ESL) wants in public colleges, and virtually $900 million has been spent on housing, meals, and authorized sources.
Gov. Pritzker revealed on Nov. 16, 2023 that the state had already spent $478 million on the migrant disaster when he introduced an extra $160 million to be devoted to flattening the ‘bottleneck’ created by the rise in migration within the second half of 2023. Of the $160 million in new spending, $30 million is to be devoted to welcoming the migrants, $65 million will go to sheltering and one other $65 million will go to assist make the migrants unbiased.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson also announced in late December 2023 that his administration plans on redirecting $95 million in covid-relief funds in the direction of migrant shelter prices. The transfer was met with hostility from some members of town council who decried the diversion of funds meant for metropolis residents and the mayor’s lack of transparency over how the cash can be spent.
The $95 million is on prime of what town has already spent from state and federal sources, in addition to the $59 million that got here “immediately from Chicago taxpayers” in 2023, as WTTW recently reported.
Wirepoints notes that these prices characterize solely a portion of the price of illegals to Illinois taxpayers.
The Federation for American Immigration Reform studies that the social and financial value of unlawful immigrants throughout the nation, web of the taxes they pay, now totals greater than $150 billion annually, with Illinois paying at the least $3.9 billion a yr.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker just lately begged Governor Greg Abbott of Texas for “mercy” as illegals swarm the sanctuary state, regardless of advantage signaling in 2021 by signing four bills making Illinois the “most welcoming state within the nation” for illegals.
Questions have arisen about how a number of the funds have been spent and the dearth of transparency. A latest investigation by CBS Chicago uncovered data displaying Chicago has paid out $138 million from October 2022 in a sweetheart take care of Favourite Healthcare Staffing, the place some staff had been being paid charges starting from almost $50 to $156 an hour for normal pay and from $75 to $234 an hour for additional time.