Los Angeles County Spent $1.3 Billion of Taxpayers Money on Welfare for Illegal Immigrants

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Los Angeles County paid out $1.3 billion to illegal immigrants in welfare in 2015 and 2016. That’s one-quarter the amount spent spent on the entire needy population of the county, according to data obtained by Fox News. The county contains the highest concentration of illegal immigrants in the country.

This year the county is expected to pay out $200 million less, due to fewer immigrants entering the city since President Donald Trump took office.

“The amazing thing is that everyone was expecting a big wall to stop [illegal immigration],” said Former state Republican Party Chairman Shawn Steel, according to Fox News. “The decrease has been enhanced dramatically by ICE agents just doing their job.” 

According to a study by the Migration Policy Institute, California has more than twice the number of illegal immigrants than any other state, at over 3 million. One-quarter of them live in Los Angeles County.

Texas, in second place, has less than half the amount of California, and New York comes in at third place with an illegal immigrant population of 850,000, out of the 19.75 million people who live there.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti participates in a panel discussion during the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's 'Infrastructure Week' program in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2017.
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