Kinda defeats that pr0-illegal aliens talking point that they don’t cost the US taxpayers anything, eh?
Texas spent at least $250 million in the past year for medical care and imprisonment of illegal immigrants and other non-citizens.
The House State Affairs Committee heard testimony in Austin. Lawmakers who convene in January could face a projected $18 billion budget shortfall.
Jerry McGinty, with the Texas Department of Corrections, says prisons last month had 11,766 inmates who are foreign citizens and housing them costs $171 million annually. The federal government reimburses 10 percent.
Rick Allgeyer, with the Health and Human Services Commission, said Wednesday that health care to illegal immigrants cost Texas nearly $100 million.
Oops, sorry, I guess the cost would be more, since the $250 is for imprisonment and for health care for the illegals. Once you throw in cost of law enforcement, schooling, and other services, not to mention the direct cost to the citizens of Texas through robberies, rapes, and murders, among others, I sincerely doubt that their supposed contributions to the USA can in any way approach that costs.
But, hey, Texas, don’t even think about trying to crack down on illegals. Barry and Holder might decide to side with the illegals. Again.
