Democrats always go on about how they want to take in all of the migrants and any refugee. That would be fine as long as the migrants go through the appropriate channels and are properly vetted. But Dems don’t seem to care about vetting or the safety of Americans as many want open borders. But it turns out there is another cost to Americans, aside from our safety, as a study shows refugees cost Americans big money, up to 133 thousand dollars per refugee.
“Advocates of expanding the number of refugees admitted to the United States have lately portrayed their position as a win-win — refugee resettlement not only assists the refugees themselves, it also allegedly improves our nation’s fiscal health. The fiscal claim is unsupportable. Although refugees from earlier generations were often well educated, today’s refugees have fewer than nine years of schooling on average. Because of their low earning power and immediate access to welfare benefits, recent refugees cost the government substantially more than they contribute in taxes, even over the long term.
Our best estimate of the average refugee’s lifetime fiscal cost, expressed as a net present value, is $60,000, with those entering as adults (ages 25 to 64) costing $133,000 each. Perhaps this is a price that the United States should be willing to pay to further its humanitarian goals. However, resettlement in the United States may not be the most cost-effective means of aiding displaced people.”
“The low education attainment level of so many of today’s refugees means they need a great deal of government assistance. Given these costs, policymakers have to decide if it makes more sense to settle a modest number here or help many more people overseas,” Steven Camarota, co-author of the report and research director for CIS, said, the Washington Examiner reported.”
But I am sure that Dems will take this study into consideration as they wouldn’t want to put a strain on taxpayers and raise our national debt…
When is enough enough for these liberals they are always talking about they want free this and free that and they want open borders where do these dim witted people think all of the money is going to come from We are taxed to our limits now We cannot continue to incur this kind of debt There is no reason for it we have borders to protect the people and the assets of the citizens It is the same as taking our tax dollars out and burning them These people need to be talking to their own governments why should our tax payers have to continue to suffer under higher and higher taxes to support people that do not belong here They go on public assistance as soon as they get here While low income working families can’t afford insurance but these people are given it I am tired of it Look how our veterans are treated they should never be homeless They should receive first consideration for any handout or whatever you want to call it It is disgusting to see our veterans on the street If we are going to invest in people Let’s make it our own citizens Their countries need to take it up with their own people OUr citizens do not deserve to be used as an ATM for people that don’t belong here Stop the bleeding now or we are going to end like they are
All these Illegals ought to be pulled out of sanctuary Cities and send them by bus or mule to where they came from, fyi, I was born in Colombia, came in legally and have been a US Citizen for quite some time, I say: SEND THEM BACK to Kenya where “The Devil” was born, a.k.a. Barack Hussein Obama or Barry Soetoro, AMEN
I have always felt that helping people stay in their homeland was the best, most humanitarian, and cheapest thing to do. Our military could create safe zones for them, build schools, and educate them to be productive citizens of their homeland.
problem is the ones that work send 80-85% back to their home countries.