Thursday, January 29, 2009

THE HOOSIER TAXPAYER AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Listed below is the estimated impact illegal immigration has on state spending:

Total cost: Estimated at $259 million per year in 2006 and projected to climb to $434 million by 2010 and $753 million by 2020.

Education: Estimates based on 2004 data suggest students who emigrated illegally cost Indiana $85.9 million, while students born in the United States to illegal immigrants cost the state $120.3 million.

Health care: Estimates from four hospitals in the Indianapolis area placed unreimbursed health-care costs associated with treating illegal immigrants at $2.7 million per year.

Sources: Federation for American Immigration Reform, Indiana Hospital Association