American Republic Online

A look at the cost of immigration in New Jersey:

Two studies in New Jersey and California in the 90s found

…immigrants used government services at a greater rate than native-born residents did… the typical immigrant family received about $4,044 annually in government services, about 11 percent higher than the average native-born family…

 The net result was that “the average native household generated an annual fiscal surplus of $232” to government, while “the typical foreign household was a net burden of $1,484.”  The gap was even wider in California, where immigrant households produced a net deficit of $3,463 each…

Really?  I thought they just came here to do the jobs no one wants to do.  Remember, hospitals can not refuse service to people who come into the ER, and you can go to the ER if you have a cold.  Couple that with fake IDs, Social Security cards, etc. and you don’t even have to pay.  $4,000 in free services?  Sounds like a deal to me.

Though the study did not distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants, it did break down foreign-born households by the regions of the world from which they had come. In both states, the study found the steepest deficit in Latin American households, which in New Jersey consumed 26 percent more in government expenditures than the average native-born family, but paid 38 percent less in taxes. By contrast, immigrant households in New Jersey that hailed from Europe or Canada actually consumed, on average, less in government services than the typical native-born family, and paid nearly as much in taxes.