Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said taxpayers in his state are forking out over $850 million each year to pay for various costs associated with the housing and care of immigrants who enter Texas illegally. Paxton’s office had re-released the figures, which was first presented to a federal court in January, in an attempt to highlight the gravity of the burgeoning crisis at the U.S. southern border. The significant surge of illegal border crossings in recent weeks, particularly by unaccompanied minors, has overwhelmed border patrol facilities and resources. Although the Biden administration is sending most single adults and some families back, unaccompanied minors are being accepted into the country. According to the office, Texans are paying between $579 million to $717 million each year for public hospital districts to provide uncompensated care for illegal aliens. It also found that taxpayers had previously paid $152 million to house illegal criminal aliens in one year, and between …
Texas AG Paxton Says Illegal Immigration Costs State Taxpayers Over $850 Million Annually
April 1, 2021
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