December 01, 2004

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION is costing Californians $1,183 per household headed by a native-born resident. California's taxpayers pay more than $10 billion a year for the medical care, incarceration and education of foreign nationals illegally residing in the state. The cost for incarceration alone comes to $1.4 billion a year -- not including billions more in court costs and law enforcement expenses.

It is estimated that a $1 head of lettuce picked by an illegal alien costs the average California at least $7 in additional costs born by the taxpayer. I haven't seen this spelled out in detail but $1,183 would buy a lot of lettuce. Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack