http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/203984-illegal-immigrants-benefit-the-us-economy
But what about the immense strain on social services and money spent on welfare for these law breakers? The Congressional Budget Office in 2007 answered this question in the following manner: “Over the past two decades, most efforts to estimate the fiscal impact of immigration in the United States have concluded that, in aggregate and over the long term, tax revenues of all types generated by immigrants—both legal and unauthorized—exceed the cost of the services they use.” According to the New York Times, the chief actuary of the Social Security Administration claims that undocumented workers have contributed close to 10% ($300 billion) of the Social Security Trust Fund.
A good portion of those forms were filed by employers on behalf of some of the most unlikely funders of Social Security: undocumented immigrants. In fact, illegal immigration is considered largely responsible for the mushrooming of the file, with undocumented workers paying billions in taxes for retirement benefits they will likely never receive.
It works like this: Many immigrants who aren’t authorized to work in the United States buy fake Social Security cards and present them to their employers, who either don’t know they are fake or don’t look too closely. When the employer submits a W-2 form and a tax payment on those workers’ behalf to the Social Security Administration, the federal government holds onto those payroll taxes, even if the Social Security number isn’t linked to anyone on file. And then, a large chunk of that money ends up in the Social Security trust funds, from which retirement benefits are doled out to aging Americans.
I didn’t say Mexicans would take American jobs. I said that if a tariff is imposed, Mexico will lay a tariff on U.S. goods, which will make U.S. goods more expensive. If U.S. goods are more expensive, then they’ll buy them elsewhere. When a major market buys elsewhere, it creates a surplus of unsold commodities that drive down prices. When prices go down, it hurts the producers and some people will lose their livelihoods.
Much of the air the U.S. sends to Mexico is to help them control drugs. If you think the drug problem in Mexico is bad now, what do you think will happen if resources are pulled? As for 80% of their exports, a tariff would make Mexican goods more expensive for Americans. So a tariff will hurt Americans.
No. Why should they? U.S. taxpayers will pay for the wall.
I’m okay with work sponsored visa. Do it correctly. Those NY times numbers seem off. There are roughly 11-13 million illegals in the USA, and they claim this small group who does not earn high wages pays 300 BILLION to social security. A Billion is a thousand million. Does this math seem right to you?
Illegal immigration costs U.S. taxpayers about $113 billion a year at the federal, state and local level. The bulk of the costs — some $84 billion — are absorbed by state and local governments.
Trump’s wall costs a fraction of that.
It depends on how you view. Will it hurt Americans? Lowering the illegal immigration population in the USA will help americas out of work find jobs. This will either get off or diminish welfare. USA citizens also pay more taxes, so funs like social security would benefit. A win-win.
Mexico depends on the USA. 80% of their trade is with us. They will play some ball. In 2015, the U.S. imported $295 billion worth of products from Mexico, according to government trade data.
If say there is a 3% tariff on Mexican goods, joe average consumer won’t notice it. 3% of 295 billion is enough to pay for the wall…in one year. Or if your prefer, maybe there is a 1% tariff tax for three years to pay for the wall.
Not if there is a tariff or Mexico agrees to help fund it. And like I said the jobs transitioned from the Illegals to USA Citizens will offer more tax money for the USA government to spend.
As for the wall itself, boarder security, crimes against USA citizens, and various other costs justify it.
The $300 billion cite used “have contributed.” This verb tense means it’s a cumulative number, not an annual rate. OK?
I note that you ask others to provide citations for their numbers. Yet you throw out “$113 billion a year … $84 billion” with nary a hint. Is there some reason you want to keep your source secret?
The OP’s swerve to blaming “those illegals” has been answered–as it’s been answered before here. Numerous times.
But I’d like to return to his original claim–that Trump is partly Democrat. Or even mostly. I’ve recently seen that claim elsewhere–in Facebook, replies, etc. Yes, in earlier years, Trump played along with some NY Democrats–as befit his socioeconomic set. There’s no way in Hell to determine his personal “beliefs.”
Trump ran in the Republican primaries. He won & was nominated by the GOP. (Remember that lovely Convention?) Yes, lots of Republicans complained during the campaign–but they all lined up behind him when he won. Donald Trump is the Republican President & head of the Republican Party.
Republicans–he’s all yours!
(By the way, those tariffs will hurt commerce with Mexico–much of which comes through Texas. The state went for Trump but most cities–where most of that business actually takes place–did not.)
Judge shopping doesn’t count and its a rather dangerous new trend. As president, Trump has executive order power. If this becomes a future trend, you might have some judge in say Texas doing payback to whomever is the next Democrat that wins the White House.
Congress seems to be going along with what Trump has asked for in most cases. Democrats tried to block Neil Grouch, but lost 54-45 in the vote.