The Washington Times
Low-skilled legal immigrants and illegal aliens in the U.S. are receiving much more in federal social welfare benefits than they pay in taxes at a net cost of $89 billion a year to American taxpayers, according to a Heritage Foundation study.
A cost-benefit analysis by the conservative think tank of the immigration reform bill being debated in the Senate -- which it said would grant what many consider amnesty to illegal aliens and increase the flow of low-skilled workers into the U.S. -- warned that if the legislation becomes law, it would result in "the largest expansion of the welfare state in 30 years."
Posted by Richard at May 25, 2007