Border Wall Could Save Taxpayers Five Times Its Cost Over 10 Years

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Building a wall on the southern U.S. border could save taxpayers four to five times its cost over the next 10 years, a new report by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) shows.

 

Using National Academy of Science (NAS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data, the study looks at the lifetime net financial drain (taxes minus services used) of each illegal alien entering the country.

 

Given the $12-15 billion cost of the border wall and assuming 1.7 million illegal crossings without the wall over the next 10 years:

 

Each illegal is a lifetime net cost to taxpayers of $74,722

If the wall cut illegal entries in half (850,000), the wall would save $64 billion over ten years

 

The wall would pay for itself in two years (1.9-2.2 years, depending on cost)

It would save taxpayers 4-5 times its cost over 10 years

If the wall stopped only 9-12% (160-180,000) of illegal crossing over the next decade, a $12-15 billion wall would pay for itself in ten years

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Cost of border wall is less than cost of services for illegals: report

 

If President Trump’s border wall stopped just 10 percent of new illegal immigrants it would pay for itself by saving American taxpayers from spending money on services for those migrants over their lifetimes, according to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies.

 

The center, which advocates for a crackdown on immigration, said illegal border crossers are a net drain of nearly $75,000 per person over their lifetimes. Stopping just 200,000 border-jumpers over the next decade would save some $15 million.

 

The better the wall does at stopping people, the more money it saves taxpayers, the report said.

“If a wall stopped half of those expected to successfully enter illegally without going through a port of entry at the southern border over the next 10 years, it would save taxpayers nearly $64 billion — several times the wall’s cost,” Steven A. Camarota, a demographer and the report’s author, wrote.

 

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/16/cost-wall-less-cost-services-illegals-report/