It is going to increase the cost to the Treasury and. in fact. let me share with you what the highly regarded Heritage Foundation study found. Robert Rector. a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation. the architect of welfare reform for our country. has been alarmed at the cost of this bill. I am not talking about the cost of Border Patrol agents and barriers and those kinds of items. I am talking about the cost of providing all the social benefits we give to American citizens. to people who came into our country illegally. what it will cost in terms of tax credits. Medicaid. welfare. food stamps and the like. If they are all made legal permanent residents. Z card holders. even the temporary visas. they will be entitled to virtually all of these programs. According to Mr. Rector. over the lifetime retirement years of the 12 million who would be given amnesty under this provision. it will cost the taxpayers of Americahold your hat2.6 trillion. over $2 trillion.
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