[derping_hacker]

Illegal immigration costs US federal and state governments close to 135 billion annually. Free college education for every American would cost 50-60. Why should I value criminals more than my fellow Americans. What legal obligation do I have to have the money I work for used to pay for illegal immigrants?

We could educate every american and have another 60 billion to spare to help the African-American community.

https://www.fairus.org/issue/publications-resources/fiscal-b...

[pjc50]

> Illegal immigration costs US federal and state governments close to 135 billion annually.

This is such a ridiculous number that it should be discounted out of hand. It also sounds like you're not counting the benefits of, work done by, and taxes paid by, these people.

Immigration enforcement is never going to get you free college. That's not how the politics works.

[derping_hacker]

If you read the source provided you would see the net loss is still 113 billion to the US government.

As for myself I got a full ride scholarship based on test scores and makes 200k in my early 20s, I just don't like seeing my taxes pay for people who cheat the system.

[pjc50]

I don't know why I'm bothering to engage with an anti-immigration "think tank" that's obviously going to be a pit of dishonesty, but I had a look at the linked PDF:

"The overall population that we analyze, for the purposes of determining the costs of illegal immigration, also includes about 4.2 million American-born minor children of illegal aliens. Although, the U.S.- born children of illegal aliens are, under the current interpretation of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, de jure U.S. citizens, they are also typically “targeted low-income children,” who are eligible for a variety of federal benefits. While not counted as illegal aliens, these children are a signifi cant part of illegal immigration’s fi scal impact on the U.S. taxpayer. Because they would not be present in the United States but for their parents violation of American immigration law, we consider them to be appropriately considered part of the cost of illegal immigration. "

Right. So they're counting US-born children, who they admit are constitutionally Americans, as part of the cost of illegal immigration.

So I guess the next step is finding a way to deport or cage those US-born American children of illegal immigrants?

[awalton]

Well, it's good to know Russian robots have made it to Hacker News.

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