{"id":2333868,"date":"2024-08-29T19:36:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T23:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-leaves-taxpayers-with-a-massive-bill-as-crisis-at-the-border-gets-even-worse-report\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T19:42:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T23:42:02","slug":"kamala-harris-leaves-taxpayers-with-a-massive-bill-as-crisis-at-the-border-gets-even-worse-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-leaves-taxpayers-with-a-massive-bill-as-crisis-at-the-border-gets-even-worse-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Leaves Taxpayers with a Massive Bill as Crisis at the Border Gets Even Worse: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-leaves-taxpayers-with-a-massive-bill-as-crisis-at-the-border-gets-even-worse-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2333868&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>I&#8217;m sorry, but it\u200c seems like you&#8217;ve posted a large block\u2062 of HTML\/XML \u2064content\u2064 that\u2063 appears to include a combination\u200c of\u2062 scripts, tweets, and articles \u200drelated to\u2064 immigration\u2062 policies, costs associated with illegal \u2062immigration, and political responses. <\/p>\n<p>If you want to discuss or \u200danalyze specific aspects of the content, please provide more clarity on what you&#8217;d like to focus on or inquire about. Are you \u2063looking for a summary, an analysis, \u200dor details \u2064on a particular\u2064 section?\u200c Let\u2063 me know how I can assist you!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A study published last year about the cost of illegal immigration highlights the border policy differences between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>When Joe Biden became president in January 2021, he immediately halted construction on Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-cultural-change-coming-to-america\/\" title=\"Radical Cultural Change Coming to America?\">border wall<\/a>, as well as ended his &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-moves-end-remain-mexico-policy-despite-raging-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remain in Mexico<\/a>&rdquo; policy for asylum seekers, terminated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jtl.columbia.edu\/bulletin-blog\/the-biden-administration-suspends-asylum-agreements-with-the-northern-triangle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agreements<\/a> the previous administration made with the so-called triangle Central American nations regarding the flow of migrants, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/01\/20\/biden-remain-in-mexico-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paused<\/a> deportations for those in the country illegally.<\/p>\n<p>A flood of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 10 million migrants<\/a> followed, including <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/16\/us-news\/1-7-million-gotaways-have-sneaked-into-us-under-biden-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">known getaways<\/a>, averaging more per year than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/329256\/alien-apprehensions-registered-by-the-us-border-patrol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">entire term<\/a> Trump was in office.<\/p>\n<p>Biden placed Vice President Kamala Harris in charge of addressing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">border crisis<\/a> in March 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&rsquo;When she speaks, she speaks for me,&rsquo; Biden said, noting her past work as California&rsquo;s attorney general makes her specially equipped to lead the administration&rsquo;s response,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-3400f56255e000547d1ca3ce1aa6b8e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a> reported at the time.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairus.org\/issue\/publications-resources\/fiscal-burden-illegal-immigration-united-states-taxpayers-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> released by the Federation for American Immigration Reform in March 2023 found the annual net cost to taxpayers for illegal immigrants in the country to be over $150 billion.<\/p>\n<p>That figure includes a total cost of approximately $182 billion, offset by sales and other tax revenue from illegals of $32 billion.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Illegal immigration costs each American taxpayer $1,156 per year ($957 after factoring in taxes paid by illegal aliens),&rdquo; FAIR noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW &ndash; Migrant crisis cost taxpayers $150B last year &ndash; Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iISLav1vRd\">pic.twitter.com\/iISLav1vRd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheInsiderPaper\/status\/1829153184188973248?\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The group further broke down the expenditures as $66.5 billion for the federal government and $115.6 billion for state and local governments.<\/p>\n<p>The areas of spending at the federal level include $25.1 billion for law enforcement and justice, $23.1 billion for medical, $11.6 billion for welfare programs, and $6.6 billion for education.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile at the state levels the costs were $73.3 billion for education, $21.8 billion for law enforcement and justice, $18.6 billion for medical, and $2 billion for welfare.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">US taxpayers paid $150 BILLION to care for illegal aliens&hellip; JUST LAST YEAR.<\/p>\n<p>But a $5 billion wall is too expensive. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zPd9NPS3bq\">pic.twitter.com\/zPd9NPS3bq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1829181537788830156?\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>FAIR noted, &ldquo;Throughout this study, we have taken caution to never overestimate totals, and have chosen to err on the lower side of cost estimates, and the higher side of tax contributions, when our calculations resulted in a range instead of a static figure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We do this to ensure that our cost figures do not extend beyond what the evidence can empirically prove. Combining this with the fact that there are some costs that cannot be reliably estimated, it can be safely assumed that the actual cost of illegal immigration is considerably higher than the final tally offered here,&rdquo; the group added.<\/p>\n<p>FAIR spokesperson Ira Mehlman told the New York Post in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/29\/us-news\/the-150-billion-problem-cost-of-migrant-crisis-to-us-taxpayers-could-be-billions-higher-than-reported-expenses-in-many-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a story<\/a> published Thursday, &ldquo;As long as we keep allowing millions of people to come into the country illegally every year, it&rsquo;s obviously going to continue to increase the costs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This seems to be just sort of basic, common sense. If you were going to be bringing in lots and lots of people, many of them working off the books for very low wages, that there are going to be enormous social costs incurred,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How the migrant crisis drained $150 billion from taxpayers in a single year <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iNnf5byQJf\">https:\/\/t.co\/iNnf5byQJf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L4X7qr4mpk\">pic.twitter.com\/L4X7qr4mpk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1829097548306423898?\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At a campaign event in Wisconsin on Wednesday, Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance said, &ldquo;Kamala Harris opened the border, suspended deportations on Day One and stopped Donald Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;Remain in Mexico&rsquo; policy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When Donald Trump is president, we&rsquo;re going to re-implement deportations, re-implement &lsquo;Remain in Mexico,&rsquo; and tell people they&rsquo;ve gotta go back where they came from and come through the proper channels.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance?\">@JDVance<\/a>: &ldquo;Kamala Harris opened the border, suspended deportations on Day One and stopped Donald Trump&rsquo;s Remain in Mexico policy.<\/p>\n<p>When Donald Trump is president, we&rsquo;re going to RE-IMPLEMENT deportations, RE-IMPLEMENT Remain in Mexico, and tell people they&rsquo;ve gotta go back&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DwbX6xGIf0\">pic.twitter.com\/DwbX6xGIf0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1828937875628626319?\">August 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/08\/28\/kamala-harris-border-policies-under-fire\/74987956007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pledged<\/a> if elected she would sign the border bill that failed to pass the Senate earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>A key Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-senate-republicans-will-block-border-bill-proceeding-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticism of the legislation<\/a> is that it would have allowed 5,000 illegal immigrants per day in for processing before a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chip-roy-claims-senators-dont-know-what-theyre-talking-about-with-border-bill\/\" title=\"Chip Roy accuses senators of being ignorant about the border bill\">mandatory border shutdown<\/a> would take effect.<\/p>\n<p>So in theory, over 1.8 million could cross illegally into the country per year. It would then be up to the administration to decide if they could stay or not.<\/p>\n<p>National Border Patrol Council president Brandon Judd, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/border-patrol-union-humiliates-biden-middle-debate-endorsement-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsed Trump<\/a> for president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/border-patrol-union-humiliates-biden-middle-debate-endorsement-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backed the bill<\/a> at the time, saying overall it was at least a &ldquo;step in the right direction.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WOW!!! &ndash; Border Patrol President Endorses Trump!<\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris was OBLITERATED at last night&rsquo;s Trump-Walz campaign rally as the National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd comes on stage and RIPS her apart on the border:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala Harris knows what she needs to do. I&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gRjdjuU4zh\">pic.twitter.com\/gRjdjuU4zh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Conservative Brief (@ConservBrief) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConservBrief\/status\/1822630782868820284?\">August 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Judd said at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c7sQfkQfOhE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump rally<\/a> in Charlotte, North Carolina earlier this month, &ldquo;Kamala Harris knows what she needs to do. I was there. I gave her all of the policies that she needed. All of them. And she refused to implement them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She does not care about you. 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Upon taking office in January 2021, President Joe Biden promptly stopped the construction of Trump&#8217;s border wall, discontinued the &#8220;remain in Mexico&#8221; policy for asylum seekers, nullified agreements made by the previous administration with Central American nations concerning migrant flows, and paused deportations for undocumented individuals. This led to an influx of over 10 million migrants, including known escapees, which averaged more annually than during Trump&#8217;s entire presidency. In March 2021, Biden appointed Vice President Kamala Harris to tackle the border crisis. He stated that when she speaks on this issue, she represents his views as well; her experience as California&#8217;s attorney general was cited as a reason for her leadership role.<\/p>\n<p>A report from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) published in March 2023 estimated that illegal immigration costs taxpayers over $150 billion annually. This figure includes a total expenditure of around $182 billion but is offset by approximately $32 billion in tax revenue generated by undocumented immigrants. FAIR indicated that this translates to an annual cost of about $1,156 per taxpayer ($957 after accounting for taxes paid by illegal aliens). The breakdown shows federal costs at $66.5 billion and state\/local expenses at $115.6 billion; federal spending includes law enforcement ($25.1 billion), medical care ($23.1 billion), welfare programs ($11.6 billion), and education ($6.6 billion). At state levels, expenditures were primarily on education ($73.3 billion), law enforcement ($21.8 billion), medical services ($18.6 billion), and welfare programs ($2 billion).<\/p>\n<p>FAIR emphasized their cautious approach to estimating these figures\u2014erroneously leaning towards lower cost estimates while favoring higher tax contribution figures\u2014to ensure accuracy based on empirical evidence available at hand.<\/p>\n<p>Ira Mehlman from FAIR remarked that allowing millions to enter illegally each year will inevitably escalate costs further: \u201cThis seems like basic common sense.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>During a campaign event in Wisconsin recently, Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D Vance criticized Harris\u2019s actions regarding border policies since taking office: \u201cKamala Harris opened the border&#8230; When Donald Trump is president again&#8230; we\u2019re going to re-implement deportations.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>At last week\u2019s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Harris committed to signing a previously failed border bill if elected\u2014a proposal criticized by Republicans because it would permit up to 5,000 illegal immigrants daily before implementing mandatory shutdowns at borders.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Judd from the National Border Patrol Council endorsed Trump during a rally earlier this month while criticizing Harris&#8217;s failure to adopt necessary policies he had provided her: \u201cShe does not care about you or about our country\u2019s safety.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2333869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/LOL.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[33975,36382,32438,37057,8956],"class_list":["post-2333868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-border-crisis","tag-immigration-policy","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-report","tag-taxpayers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/LOL.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2333869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}