American taxpayers may foot a $451 billion bill for known “gotaways” – those who have evaded U.S. border security when entering the country – and illegal migrants released into the United States under the leadership of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, according to a report by the GOP-led House Homeland Security Committee.
The 50-page report claims millions of dollars are spent each day on costs directly associated with the “unprecedented crisis” caused by Mayorkas at the southern border. The range of costs includes “everything from emergency medical care to increased demands on law enforcement to housing and shelter benefits for illegal aliens.”
The document draws on figures from the Center for Immigration Studies, which calculated the cost of the country’s immigration policies under Mayorkas, finding it may be as high as almost half a trillion dollars.
The report similarly found the burden of illegal immigration on the country’s economy to be upwards of a staggering $150 billion as of 2022. The total federal, state, and local costs of illegal migration are around $182 billion, while illegal migrants themselves contribute just $31 billion in taxes.
“Only a small fraction is ever recouped from the taxes paid by illegal aliens, with the rest falling on the shoulders of American citizens and lawful residents,” the report adds.
“This report reveals in painstaking detail the dollar costs facing the American people every day that this chaos continues, both in small towns on the border and in big cities like New York,” said Mark Green (R-Tenn), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
