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Estimates of how much "illegal aliens" cost U.S. taxpayers diverge sharply because researchers measure different things: one line of work finds undocumented immigrants paid roughly , while other analy...
The claimed annual cost of illegal immigration to Texas varies widely across analyses, from in a Texas Attorney General estimate to in a Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)–based calcula...
The estimated number of people living in the United States without legal status ranges across credible studies from about , with the most-cited recent nonpartisan estimate centering near . Different m...
Available reporting shows large, rapid shifts in the U.S. unauthorized/undocumented population through 2025, with top-line estimates ranging from about 10.5 million to 18.6 million and evidence that t...
The three analyses provided present divergent estimates of the fiscal impact of undocumented immigration on U.S. taxpayers in recent years: one conservative advocacy group estimates a as of early 2023...
Estimates of the fiscal cost of undocumented immigrants vary wildly depending on the author and methodology: recent advocacy and think‑tank reports produce figures from roughly $96.7 billion per year ...
Naturalized members of Congress do have official immigration and naturalization paperwork—typically a Form N‑400 and a naturalization certificate—but those records are not routinely published by state...
Estimates of the annual fiscal cost of undocumented immigration in 2025 cluster around large headline figures—commonly cited as roughly $150–$182 billion—but those totals rest on contested assumptions...
Estimates of the annual cost of providing welfare benefits to undocumented immigrants in the United States vary dramatically depending on definitions, scope, and methodology; published figures range f...
Current authoritative academic estimates in mid-2025 place the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States at roughly , with several respected research centers converging near , while advoc...
Available reporting shows widely different state estimates and third‑party studies for the fiscal cost of undocumented immigrants: several sources place California’s cost around $21.7–$22 billion per ...
There is no evidence in the provided sources that "4 million illegal immigrants are receiving an SSN" or that a single program has issued Social Security numbers to 4 million unauthorized immigrants (...
Illegal immigration is a contested and rapidly changing issue in 2025: the Department of Homeland Security claims roughly 2 million people have been removed or self-deported since January 20, 2025 , w...