As our country sinks deeper into this recession and more people lose their jobs, anger at illegal immigrants will continue to grow. This is not an unexpected reaction, as anger has to be directed somewhere. According to a Pew Institute report, there are 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States, with almost 50% of the total in California, Texas and Florida. Approximately 57% of the illegal immigrants are from Mexico and another 24% from other Latin American countries. The cost to the American taxpayer is huge. Estimates of the annual cost are in the range of $300 billion per year. Some disturbing statistics include:

• $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments.
• $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
• $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
• $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally.
• $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
• $3 Million Dollars a day is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
• 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
• $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for welfare social services by the American taxpayers.
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Why are there 11 million illegal immigrants in the country? So the rich can have housekeepers and landscapers. So homebuilders have cheap labor to put roofs on their houses. So farming conglomerates can have someone to pick their crops. All of these people benefit from cheap illegal labor. The American taxpayer foots the bill for the social costs.