Washington Times
The Senate yesterday rejected an effort to block its immigration-reform bill because of concerns by some senators that the proposal to grant citizenship rights to about 10 million illegal aliens would cost federal taxpayers more than $50 billion.
"I have grave concerns with the effects of this bill on the future of our country, not the least of which is its potential fiscal impact,"said Sen. Wayne Allard, the Colorado Republican who raised a budgetary point of order yesterday to block the bill because of its costs. "The fiscal impact can be summed up in two words: 'budget buster.'?"
An analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the bill would increase federal spending by $54 billion in the next 10 years. Those costs would rise by more than $5 billion in each subsequent decade for 50 years after that.
Posted by katie at May 25, 2006