FACT CHECK: Does Illegal Immigration Cost The US More Than $100 Billion A Year?

CHECK YOUR FACT



FACT CHECK: Does Illegal Immigration Cost The US More Than $100 Billion A Year?


9:50 PM 11/11/2018
Brad Sylvester | Fact Check Reporter


President Donald Trump claimed during a rally in Cleveland, Ohio, that illegal immigration costs the U.S. more than $100 billion a year.

“Illegal immigration costs our country more than $100 billion every single year,” he said.


Verdict: Unsubstantiated 

Estimates of the cost of illegal immigration vary widely. Trump likely based his claim on an estimate from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which has received criticism for its methodology.

Fact Check: Trump was in Cleveland Nov. 5 campaigning for Ohio Republicans ahead of the 2018 midterm elections when he made the claim. He was likely referencing a report from FAIR, an organization that supports more limited immigration.

The report, released in September 2017, concluded that illegal immigration costs the U.S. $135 billion per year. FAIR estimated that 12.5 million illegal immigrants, as well as their 4.2 million U.S. citizen children, cost the federal government almost $46 billion and cost about $89 billion at the state and local levels annually.

...

READ MORE: http://checkyourfact.com/2018/11/11/fact-check-illegal-immigration-cost-100-billion/


***

Chân thành cám ơn Quý Anh Chị ghé thăm "conbenho Nguyễn Hoài Trang Blog"
Xin được lắng nghe ý kiến chia sẻ của Quý Anh Chị trực tiếp tại Diễn Đàn Paltalk: 1Latdo Tapdoan Vietgian CSVN Phanquoc Bannuoc .
Kính chúc Sức Khỏe Quý Anh Chị .

conbenho
Tiểu Muội quantu
Nguyễn Hoài Trang
12112018
___________
Cộng sản Việt Nam là TỘI ÁC
Bao che, dung dưỡng TỘI ÁC là ĐỒNG LÕA với TỘI ÁC