By the Republican National Committee
BIDEN'S BORDER CRISIS IS A FULL-BLOWN INVASION
- Since Biden opened the southern border more than 2 million illegal immigrants have flooded the country, including 7.4 million illegal immigrants encountered by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and another 1.8 million known gotaways that have escaped CBP.
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<li>Biden broke the all-time record for illegal immigrant encounters at the southern border <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1715761839282553090">three years in a row</a>, with last year seeing a staggering <a href="https://twitter.com/GriffJenkins/status/1705203246925521001">2.5 million</a> encounters.</li>
<li>Border officials admit the <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2021/12/15/data-from-cbp-shows-how-many-illegal-immigrants-have-been-able-to-get-away-during-ongoing-crisis-n2600626">official number</a> of gotaways <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/nov/5/border-patrol-agent-says-12-million-illegal-immigr/">vastly undercounts</a> the illegal immigrants <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1636031650948689920">who make it into the U.S.</a></li>
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<li>Consequently, the flood of illegal immigration enabled by Biden is <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Phase4Report.pdf#page=10">siphoning dollars and services</a> from American citizens while <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/02/25/migrant-immigration-cost-city-budgets">state and local budgets grow increasingly strained</a>.
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<li>Biden is now <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/medicaid-migrants-housing-cities-federal-government">pushing to use Medicaid funding</a> for sanctuary cities and states struggling to house and care for illegal immigrants that have arrived from the southern border.</li>
<li>Massachusetts has requested "<a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/medicaid-migrants-housing-cities-federal-government">$2 billion in federal reimbursements</a>" to have Medicaid cover the cost of migrant housing. </li>
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<li>The Biden administration has also given <a href="https://cis.org/Bensman/Biden-Admin-Sends-Millions-Religious-Nonprofits-Facilitating-Mass-Illegal-Migration">millions in taxpayer dollars to left-wing groups that help facilitate mass illegal migration</a> and provide legal services to fight deportation orders.
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<li>One federal contractor alone has received over <a href="https://www.usaspending.gov/search/?hash=4b87a97ffc7d97c8772a1c551144ac80">$1.11 billion</a> since January 2021 to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-showers-cash-on-ex-cia-contractor-mvm-inc-to-transfer-migrants">transport migrant families and unaccompanied children</a> in government custody.</li>
<li>Two left-wing nonprofits have been given <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-gives-left-wing-groups-hundreds-millions-help-illegal-immigrants-fight-deportation">at least $391 million</a> by the Biden administration to provide illegal immigrants legal services to fight deportation.</li>
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TAXPAYERS ARE FOOTING THE BILL FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
- American taxpayer dollars are being used by the Biden administration to fund welfare programs for illegal immigrants.
AMNESTY THREATENS SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
Originally posted here. - Biden unilaterally paroled over one million illegal immigrants in an "unprecedented" way.
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<li>Under welfare law, illegal immigrants given parole become "<a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=15">qualified aliens</a>" eligible for various welfare programs on a sliding scale, with all of them eligible within <a href="https://cis.org/Report/Parole-Benefits">five years</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=15">Numerous state exceptions</a> also exist that allow additional illegal immigrants to be eligible for welfare.</li>
<li>The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) calculated that welfare for one million illegal immigrants will cost American taxpayers an additional <a href="https://cis.org/Report/Parole-Benefits">$3 billion</a> per year.</li>
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<li>Biden <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hhs-approves-washington-state-request-offer-health-insurance-illegal-immigrants-citing-health-equity">approved</a> <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2022/06/24/colorado-subsidized-healthcare-illegal-immigrants-biden-administration-approves/">requests</a> from Washington and Colorado to give illegal immigrants taxpayer-subsidized health insurance, citing "health equity."
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<li>At least <a href="https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/fact-sheet/state-funded-health-coverage-for-immigrants-as-of-july-2023/">12 states plus D.C.</a> offer illegal immigrants taxpayer-subsidized health insurance.</li>
<li>Colorado alone will receive <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2022/06/24/colorado-subsidized-healthcare-illegal-immigrants-biden-administration-approves/">$1.6 billion</a> in pass-through funding from the federal government over five years to facilitate its healthcare exchanges intended for illegal immigrants.</li>
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<li>Biden <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-daca-affordable-care-act-obamacare-health-5e8777aea489484c90dbcf184cad6310">opened</a> Medicaid and Obamacare to at least half a million more illegal immigrants in April 2023.</li>
<li>New York City Democrats are now handing out prepaid debit cards to illegal immigrants, costing city taxpayers <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/26/us-news/nyc-begins-handing-out-prepaid-debit-cards-to-migrants-in-controversial-program/">$53 million</a>.</li>
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<li>The U.S. House Homeland Security Committee estimated that taxpayers could pay up to <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/13/news/house-gop-report-cites-historic-451-billion-cost-of-migrant-crisis/">$451 billion</a> to care for illegal immigrants and gotaways that have entered the United States since January 2021.</li>
<li>The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) calculated that American taxpayers pay at least <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=71">$182 billion</a> annually to cover the costs incurred by the presence of 20 million illegal immigrants and their children, which includes <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=71">$66.5 billion</a> in federal expenses plus an additional <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=71">$115.6 billion</a> in state and local expenses.
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<li>According to FAIR, illegal immigrants and their children account for <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=62">$73.19 billion</a> in state and local education expenses plus <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=14">$6.6 billion</a> in federal education expenses, which includes:
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<li>Approximately <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=11">$3 billion</a> spent annually on Title I-A grants for K-12 students linked to illegal immigration under the Every Student Succeeds Act.</li>
<li>Nearly <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=12">$581 million</a> spent in FY 2022 alone on Title III-A grants for illegal immigrants and their children under Limited English Proficiency (LEP) programs.</li>
<li>Approximately <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=12">$239 million</a> spent in FY 2022 alone on educating the children of illegal immigrants through Title I-C funds from the Migrant Education Program (MEP).</li>
<li>Over <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=13">$2.7 billion</a> of federal Head Start expenditures attributed to illegal immigrants.</li>
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<li>According to FAIR, illegal immigrants and their children account for <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=62https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf">$21.81 billion</a> in state and local medical expenses plus <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=19">$23 billion</a> in federal medical expenditures, which includes:
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<li>About <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=16">$8.2 billion</a> in unpaid hospital expenses incurred by illegal immigrants reimbursed by the federal government.</li>
<li>Nearly <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=17">$1.6 billion</a> from Medicaid to cover birthing costs for illegal immigrant mothers.</li>
<li>Nearly <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=18">$8 billion</a> from fraudulent Medicaid payouts to illegal immigrants.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=19">$5.4 billion</a> in federal Medicaid expenses for U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants.</li>
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<li>According to FAIR, illegal immigrants and their children account for <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=62">$18.63 billion</a> in state and local expenses for justice administration plus more than <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=26">$25 billion</a> in federal justice enforcement expenses, which includes:
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<li>About <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=22">$1.7 billion</a> spent annually on criminal immigrants incarcerated in federal prison plus transportation for illegal immigrants in custody.</li>
<li>Around <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=23">$1.7 billion</a> on non-ERO proceedings conducted by Homeland Security Investigations in FY 2022 alone.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=24">$234 million</a> to reimburse costs incurred by states from incarcerated illegal immigrants through the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP).</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=24">$622 million</a> for the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review in FY 2022 alone.</li>
<li>At least <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=25">$8 million</a> on HHS care for unaccompanied children just in FY 2022 – note that budget filings put this number even higher, with HHS <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/fy-2023-budget-in-brief.pdf#page=127">spending</a> <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/fy-2025-budget-in-brief.pdf#page=135">more than</a> $20.74 billion total between FY 2021 and FY 2024.</li>
<li>About <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=25">$4.2 million</a> from Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance grants to state and local law enforcement that are attributable to the arrest, prosecution, and incarceration of illegal immigrants.</li>
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<li>According to FAIR, illegal immigrants and their children account for <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=62">$1.98 billion</a> in state and local welfare expenses plus about <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=32">$11.6 billion</a> in federal welfare expenses, which includes:
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<li>Approximately <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=27">$1.6 billion</a> from USDA Food and Nutrition Service, such as the National School Lunch Program and others that provide subsidized meals at school.</li>
<li>About <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=28">$5.8 billion</a> on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP), also known as food stamps.</li>
<li>Nearly <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=28">$1 billion</a> on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=29">$1.4 billion</a> from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program that provides temporary cash assistance to supplement earned income.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=30">$911 million</a> from the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=31">$600 million</a> from the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program.</li>
<li>At least <a href="https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/Fiscal%20Burden%20of%20Illegal%20Immigration%20on%20American%20Taxpayers%202023%20WEB_0.pdf#page=31">$334 million</a> on public housing benefits.</li>
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<li>In addition, at least <a href="http://fema.gov/grants/emergency-food-and-shelter-program">$685 million</a> has been allocated through FEMA's Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) since 2021 to <a href="https://cis.org/Oped/Oped-Whos-Funding-Illegal-Immigration-You-Are">assist illegal immigrants with transportation and basic needs</a>.</li>
- Biden unilaterally paroled over one million illegal immigrants in an "unprecedented" way.
- Democrats' push to give mass amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants would devastate already-struggling programs like Social Security and Medicare that are vital for millions of Americans.
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<li>In its current state, Medicare will be <a href="https://apnews.com/article/medicare-social-security-finances-shortfall-debt-biden-b1f45ba6dd6fdef18e741e308d8ecf12">unable to provide full benefits</a> for its 65 million recipients by 2031, and Social Security will be <a href="https://apnews.com/article/medicare-social-security-finances-shortfall-debt-biden-b1f45ba6dd6fdef18e741e308d8ecf12">unable to provide full benefits</a> for the 66 million retirees by 2033.</li>
<li>Medicare and Social Security are <a href="https://apnews.com/article/medicare-social-security-finances-shortfall-debt-biden-b1f45ba6dd6fdef18e741e308d8ecf12">only expected to become more expensive</a> in the future.</li>
<li>If granted mass amnesty, millions of illegal immigrants would begin to <a href="https://cis.org/Report/Impact-Immigration-Social-Security-and-Medicare-Conceptual-Primer">drain more funds from Social Security and Medicare more than they currently contribute in taxes</a>.</li>
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<li>According to the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), illegal immigrants <a href="https://cis.org/Report/Amnesty-Would-Impose-Large-Costs-Social-Security-and-Medicare">tend to earn less and work fewer years in the U.S.</a> than typical Social Security and Medicare recipients, making them a net drain under the progressive benefit structure.
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<li>Amnesty would impose a lifetime net cost of around <a href="https://cis.org/Report/Amnesty-Would-Impose-Large-Costs-Social-Security-and-Medicare">$129,000 per amnesty recipient</a> on Social Security and Medicare Part A.</li>
<li>If 10 million illegal immigrants received amnesty, it would cost Social Security and Medicare approximately <a href="https://cis.org/Report/Impact-Immigration-Social-Security-and-Medicare-Conceptual-Primer">$1.3 trillion</a>.</li>
- Democrats' push to give mass amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants would devastate already-struggling programs like Social Security and Medicare that are vital for millions of Americans.
