US Taxpayers Shoulder Annual Burden of $151 Billion for Illegal Immigration, Study Finds

Illegal immigrants wait outside a Migrant Resource Center to receive food from San Antonio Catholic Charities in San Antonio, Texas, on Sept. 19, 2022. Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images

U.S. taxpayers are footing a $151 billion bill each year to cover the cost of illegal immigration, according to a new study published on March 8 by a Washington-based immigration group.

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) study concludes that American taxpayers pay around $182 billion annually to provide services and benefits to about 15.5 million illegal immigrants and approximately 5.4 million citizen children of illegal aliens.