Study: 14 Million Illegal Immigrants in United States Cost Americans $132 Billion a Year

Border Patrol agents apprehend seven illegal immigrants from China, one from Mexico, and one from El Salvador after they tried to evade capture after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into the United States near McAllen, Texas, on April 18, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

A new study says that 14 million illegal immigrants currently reside in the United States and the cost to taxpayers is some $132 billion a year.

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) said that the population of illegal aliens in the country has risen about two million in two years and now stands at 14.3 million (pdf).