The staggering cost of illegal immigration for taxpayers was shared on social media by the War Room account of the 2024 Trump campaign.
The numbers don’t lie and, despite Vice President Kamala Harris’s newfound interest in continuing to build the border wall started by former President Donald Trump, the crisis at the southern U.S. border is reportedly costing Americans billions annually.
“From December 22-January 15, 2019, America had the longest government shutdown in our country’s history because President Trump asked for $5.7B to finish the wall,” the War Room account posted, accompanying a Fox News graphic of the “Biden-Harris Immigration Record.”
“Kamala Harris and Joe Biden’s border catastrophe is now costing our country $150.7B PER YEAR,” the caption read.
From December 22-January 15, 2019, America had the longest government shutdown in our country’s history because President Trump asked for $5.7B to finish the wall.
Kamala Harris and Joe Biden’s border catastrophe is now costing our country $150.7B PER YEAR. pic.twitter.com/bwOZ3ICCJe
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 8, 2024
Congressman Greg Steube believes in reality, the number is “billion of dollars more” than this.
“I think that’s a very conservative estimate on the cost to the American people,” the Florida Republican recently told Fox Business, putting the blame on the administration and, specifically, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Reports show under Border Czar Kamala Harris, the Border Crisis is costing Americans $150.7B annually, but probably much, much more!
Taxpayers are burdened by $1,156 each in paying for housing, welfare, law enforcement, education, medical care and more for illegal immigrants.… pic.twitter.com/byWt6Sk4Z0
— Congressman Greg Steube (@RepGregSteube) August 30, 2024
The comparison of a one-time cost of $5.7 billion for a border wall to $150.7 billion every year shocked social media users who weighed in with anger on X.
The contrast between the $5.7B Trump requested for the wall and the $150.7B now being spent annually due to the current border situation is staggering.
— Kimz (@SpyMk2124) September 8, 2024
Dems shut down the government over a $5.7B request by Trump to build a wall to secure our border, but passed a $369B “Inflation Reduction Act” that Joe just admitted was only about giving money to climate change.
— JKash MAGA Queen (@JKash000) September 8, 2024
Thats just what its immediately costing. The wake of destruction that will take years to recover from is unimaginable
— Allen Ivermecterson (@JUNKY_to_CHUNKY) September 8, 2024
Plus it’s causing larger class sizes in schools, longer wait times at hospitals, and slower response times for public safety. You can’t just add 10 million people from mostly third world countries and expect social services to not be impacted.
— Root Cause Czar (@rootcauseczar) September 8, 2024
Exactly. The #fascistdemocrats had no problem shutting down the govt and did not give an inch. Because they didn’t want the wall because they wanted to flood our country with illegals. @SpeakerJohnson just let it shut down. FFS https://t.co/BxIDhQl1Bv
— GenX Deplorable Scientist (@piggylou73) September 8, 2024
Our federal government won’t protect us from a foreign invasion of over 10 million illegal-immigrants, including vicious gangs.
And won’t pass the SAVE Act to help prevent noncitizens from illegally voting in federal elections: https://t.co/sXlLjurB0E.
So let’s stop funding it. https://t.co/giRsAH0S4S
— Mike Davis (@mrddmia) September 8, 2024
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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