Over the past couple years, illegal immigration has become a much bigger deal. The U.S. is at an all-time high for the amount of illegal immigrants in the U.S. In 2014, there were about 11.3 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. The population of immigrants has remained relatively stable for the past five years. They make up about 3.5% of America’s population. In 2007, the population of illegal immigrants hit its peak of 12.2 million unauthorized immigrants, which made up 4% of the U.S. population. About 50% of all the illegal immigrants are Mexican. In the past couple years, the number of Mexicans have been decreasing. According to Pew Research Center, there were about 6.4 million illegal Mexicans living in the U.S. in 2009. The population
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government, about half of the illegal immigrants pay income taxes. Analysts have told VICE News that the population contributes about $12 billion to the federal government yearly, and at least $10.6 billion to the state and local governments from their income and payroll taxes (Hoffman). Legalizing millions of poor people, many of whom don’t have job security or health insurance, will put a large strain on social service agencies. The Center for Immigration Studies estimated that 57% of immigrant household, which is including both legal and illegal immigrants, used at least one welfare program in 2009. Illegal immigrants aren’t eligible for most of the benefits, but once they become legal, they are then eligible for all of the benefits. In Figure 1, it shows the amount of money spent on the illegal immigrants through American …show more content…
They may not be covered by the health care reform, but when illegal immigrants go to public hospitals to get treated, the law requires they be treated. According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform, or FAIR, which is a nonprofit organization that opposes illegal immigration, it costs nearly $11 billion to treat illegal immigrants (Cover). This cost is not expected to go away if the health insurance reform bill becomes a law. According to Jack Martin, FAIR’s director of Special Projects, $10.7 billion is spent on illegal immigrants for health care through the federal and state governments per year. Anchor babies, which are babies born in the U.S. to illegal immigrant parents, are almost always paid by taxpayers. Anchor babies cost about $10,000. “And so what happens to a public hospital then, if they walk into the emergency room? The hospital I was at this week, they said, you know, they do 6,000 births a year there and 70 percent of them are for undocumented patients,” said John King, from CNN. These costs are usually paid from Medicaid, which is a federal program to help the poor people throughout America
government, about half of the illegal immigrants pay income taxes. Analysts have told VICE News that the population contributes about $12 billion to the federal government yearly, and at least $10.6 billion to the state and local governments from their income and payroll taxes (Hoffman). Legalizing millions of poor people, many of whom don’t have job security or health insurance, will put a large strain on social service agencies. The Center for Immigration Studies estimated that 57% of immigrant household, which is including both legal and illegal immigrants, used at least one welfare program in 2009. Illegal immigrants aren’t eligible for most of the benefits, but once they become legal, they are then eligible for all of the benefits. In Figure 1, it shows the amount of money spent on the illegal immigrants through American …show more content…
They may not be covered by the health care reform, but when illegal immigrants go to public hospitals to get treated, the law requires they be treated. According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform, or FAIR, which is a nonprofit organization that opposes illegal immigration, it costs nearly $11 billion to treat illegal immigrants (Cover). This cost is not expected to go away if the health insurance reform bill becomes a law. According to Jack Martin, FAIR’s director of Special Projects, $10.7 billion is spent on illegal immigrants for health care through the federal and state governments per year. Anchor babies, which are babies born in the U.S. to illegal immigrant parents, are almost always paid by taxpayers. Anchor babies cost about $10,000. “And so what happens to a public hospital then, if they walk into the emergency room? The hospital I was at this week, they said, you know, they do 6,000 births a year there and 70 percent of them are for undocumented patients,” said John King, from CNN. These costs are usually paid from Medicaid, which is a federal program to help the poor people throughout America