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                 ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BURDENS TAXPAYERS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, the costs of illegal immigration to this 
country and to my home State of California according to a 2023 report, 
the benefits and services provided to the estimated 3.23 million 
illegal aliens just in California costs local taxpayers just under $23 
billion annually. Factoring in about 1.15 million U.S.-born children of 
illegal aliens, sometimes known as anchor babies, adds more than $8 
billion in costs making it roughly $31 billion total.
  This total cost under these findings of $31 billion works out to a 
per capita cost to Californians of $7,074 annually.
  This report pegs the combined Federal, State, and local costs 
nationwide associated with illegal immigration at $182 billion 
annually, and that is probably a low number.
  State and local taxes paid by Californians accounts for one-sixth 
just in my home State of the nationwide costs associated with illegal 
immigration, including in K-12 education, housing, and nutrition 
assistance, in-State tuition at public colleges and universities, 
health coverage under the State's Medi-Cal program, which is the 
trouble, and sweeping sanctuary policies that make our cities less 
safe.

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