Undoubtedly. the welfare estimate of $16 billion per year will increase. That is a low estimate. Once an illegal alien becomes a citizen. they have an additional unrestricted right to bring their parents in. Many of these parents will be elderly and need medical care. The Heritage Foundation report points out that parents under the Medicare system could cost as much as $18.000 per person. They estimate that even if 10 percent of the people who are provided citizenshipwe are talking about getting into the second 10 years because it will take about that long to go through the process of getting a green card under the restrictions of the bill and under their request for citizenship. You can bring your children and your wife with a green card. If you have a green card. you can bring them. If you become a citizen. you can bring your parents and your brothers and sisters. and they can bring their children. But he estimates that would be $30 billion a year in the outyears. 52.
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