Amnesty Would Cost Taxpayers $6.3 Trillion

On an individual level, the number is just as stunning

Amy Payne, --May 7, 2013

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What is the goal of immigration reform?
As Heritage President Jim DeMint put it yesterday, “Any immigration reform should improve the lives, the incomes, and the opportunities” of those who are lawfully in America. The Gang of Eight’s amnesty proposal does the opposite by burdening taxpayers with supporting unlawful immigrants. The Heritage Foundation’s new report estimates that an amnesty like the Gang of Eight’s bill would cost U.S. taxpayers $6.3 trillion. More...

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