Speech #1030056049

KTArISTICS NATIONAL The Center for Immigration Studies estimated in 1991 that illegal aliens directly cost $5.4 billion for the 13 major Federal and State services (including school lunches. public education. lHead Start. and AFDC. but excluding Social Security. unemployment compensation. and food stamps). Although Illegal aliens are statutorily excluded from federal services such as Medicare. Social Security. unemployment compensation. student loans. SSI. AFDC. and food stamps. fraudulent documentation is easy. anti therefore. access to the programs is readily available. No one in the federal government knows with any certainty how much illegals cost all these programs. The Social Security Administration estimates that by the year 2026 it could be payIng more than $8 billion per year in Social Security benefits to illegal aliens because of false documentation. U.S. Immigration and Nationalization Service spent $161 million in 1991 to detain and deport 58.000 criminal aliens. Illegal aliens make up 25% of the 803.000 federal prisoners (Costs $20.800 per year for an inmate). In 1988. an estimated $1.2 billion to $12.5 billion was spent on unemployment and other transfer payments to American citizens resulting from job displacement duc to illegal immigrants.