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14 Million Illegals Entered US in 2023: The Cost to Our Nation

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9 hours ago

August 23, 2025

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Photo courtesy of U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann

Illegal immigration in the United States surged to a record 14 million in 2023, according to a Pew Research Center report. That figure marked a sharp increase from 11.8 million in 2022 and broke the previous high of 12.2 million set in 2007. Numbers rose further in 2024 under Biden’s policies, then began to decline in 2025 under Trump, though the total remains above 14 million.

California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois had the largest concentrations of illegal immigrants, with Texas rapidly catching up to California. Pew estimated that 9.7 million were part of the U.S. workforce in 2023, about 5.6% of all workers, with Nevada, Florida, New Jersey, and Texas recording the highest shares.

The economic impact of illegal immigration is staggering. According to a 2023 study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the gross annual cost of illegal immigration, the total before factoring in taxes paid by illegal aliens, has risen to $182 billion.

Taxes paid by illegal immigrants cover only about 17.2 percent of these costs, leaving American taxpayers with a net burden of $150.7 billion per year. That amounts to $8,776 annually for each illegal immigrant or U.S.-born child of illegal immigrants. On a per-taxpayer basis, illegal immigration costs $1,156 a year, or $957 after accounting for taxes paid by illegal aliens.

These costs have grown sharply. The 2022 totals represented a 30 percent increase over just five years. A previous FAIR study in 2017 estimated the net annual cost at $116 billion, underscoring how quickly the burden has escalated.

The local impact of illegal immigration is especially visible in law enforcement statistics. In Los Angeles County, 95 percent of all outstanding warrants for homicide are for illegal aliens, and as many as two-thirds of all fugitive warrants in the county involve illegal aliens.

A Justice Department–funded study conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies in 2008 found that between 25 and 50 percent of gang members arrested in northern and western Virginia were removable aliens, most of them in the country illegally.

Criminal justice costs alone amount to $47 billion annually, not including damages suffered by victims. Healthcare adds further strain. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported that “emergency services for undocumented aliens” cost $7 billion in fiscal 2021 and $5.4 billion in 2022. In addition, migrants received at least $8 billion in improper Medicaid payouts.

Beyond the direct fiscal burden, illegal immigration also imposes significant indirect costs on American workers through wage suppression. Academic research led by Harvard economist George Borjas has consistently shown that immigration’s largest negative impact falls on native workers without a high school diploma, a group that makes up a modest but shrinking share of the workforce and includes some of the poorest Americans.

Borjas’ findings suggest that roughly one-third of the 10-percentage-point decline in the relative wage of high school dropouts between 1980 and 1988 can be attributed to the influx of less-skilled immigrants. His broader research indicates that, when averaging wage effects across education levels, the wages of preexisting workers fell by about 3.2 percent in the short run, though effects faded over the long term.

In practical terms, this means that immigration, particularly illegal immigration, disproportionately depresses the wages of low-skilled American workers who are already among the most economically vulnerable.

Educational costs and crime-related expenses are yet another burden shouldered by U.S. taxpayers. The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) estimated that during the 2021–2022 school year, 5.1 million public school students, about 6.5 percent of the total, were children of migrants. This influx strains already underfunded school systems, forcing districts to absorb additional costs for instruction, language services, and classroom resources.

The criminal justice system faces its own heavy costs from illegal immigration. U.S. Border Patrol data show consistent arrests of “criminal aliens,” defined as individuals convicted of one or more crimes either in the United States or abroad before interdiction. Over the last decade, approximately 816,000 criminal aliens have been deported from the United States.

The Center for Immigration Studies notes that this figure understates the true burden, since prosecutors sometimes drop charges against non-citizens once ICE signals that deportation is imminent, removing the case from their docket but leaving the underlying crime unpunished.

Liberals often claim that illegal immigrants are good for the nation, or ask, “What harm do they cause?” The answer is clear: they create massive educational and criminal justice costs while suppressing wages. Illegal immigration imposes far-reaching obligations on taxpayers, extending well beyond direct fiscal transfers, government benefits, healthcare, and other forms of support provided by the government.

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“Chicago Will be Our Next” – Trump Says Chicago, New York, San Francisco Crime Crackdown Incoming and Democrats are Calling Him for Help (VIDEO)

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August 23, 2025

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President Trump on Friday signaled that he is not stopping his crackdown on crime in Washington, DC, and told reporters that he plans to clean up Chicago, San Francisco, and potentially more Democratic cities across the country.

President Trump has declared a “public safety emergency” in the nation’s capital, citing high crime and unsafe streets, and he federalized the DC police force last week. He further authorized the use of National Guard troops and deployed federal agents across the city to tackle the rampant crime, homelessness, and illegal immigration crises.

Hundreds of criminals have been removed from the streets, and crime has significantly reduced in the city.

Law-abiding citizens can now walk around freely without fear of being attacked, robbed, or harassed by drugged-out bums.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump fired off a warning shot to Mayor Muriel Bowser during his Oval Office press conference on Friday, apparently threatening her removal.

“Mayor Bowser better get her act straight, or she won’t be mayor very long because we’re taking over with the federal government, running it like it’s supposed to be run,” Trump said.

WATCH: Trump Threatens DC Mayor Muriel Bowser With Removal? – “Bowser Better Get Her Act Straight Because We’re Taking Over With the Federal Government”

He also put other Democratic leaders in major cities, namely Chicago, New York, and San Francisco, on notice that he is coming to their town next.

"Chicago is a mess. You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent, and we'll straighten that one out probably next," the President told reporters in the Oval Office. "That'll be our next one after this, and it won't even be tough."

He continued, "I think Chicago will be our next, and then we'll help with New York."

WATCH:

Trump: This will be one of the safest places anywhere on Earth. So, you know, I really, I really am honored that the National Guard has done such an incredible job working with the police, and we haven't had to bring in the regular military, which we're willing to do if we have to. And after we do this, we'll go to another location, and we'll make it safe also. We're going to make our country very safe. We're going to make our cities very, very safe. Chicago is a mess. You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent, and we'll straighten that one out probably next. That'll be our next one after this, and it won't even be tough. And the people in Chicago, Mr. Vice President, are screaming for us to come. They're wearing red hats just like this one, but they're wearing red hats.

African American ladies, beautiful ladies, are saying, Please, President Trump, come to Chicago, please. I did great with the black vote, as you know, and they want something to happen. So, I think Chicago will be our next, and then we'll help with New York, and we're going to help with— and I think, really, I think a lot of these people that you see on television, they are— including the people in this audience, they'll say bad things about me, and then they'll say, “thank God he's here” because half of them got mugged, and they don't want to get mugged again. But they're, you know, they work for— they work for stupid people that are radical left, and they're made to do things and say things that they don't want to be saying. But the people right here are all happy because you're not going to be mugged in Washington, DC anymore.

When the President was asked to clarify these remarks and whether he is already taking steps to fix Chicago or other cities, he told reporters that he hasn't spoken to "incompetent" Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, but "when we're ready, we'll go in and we'll straighten out Chicago."

He further stated that he's going to clean up San Francisco, where he owns a share of the 52-story Bank of America Building at 555 California Street, invoking the memory of Bob Tish, the late billionaire and owner of the New York Giants and Loews Corporation. "He said, Chicago and San Francisco are the two greatest cities of the world," and "we'll clean that one up too," Trump told reporters.

Trump also said that some Democratic leaders have called him and asked him to help them end the crime crises in their cities. When asked who these leaders were, Trump responded, "I'm not going to say because I don't want them to lose their elections."

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You said Chicago might be next. Have there been concrete steps that the administration is taking to do that and what other cities?

I haven't spoken to him. He's grossly incompetent. I haven't spoken to the mayor, no. When we're ready, we'll go in and we'll straighten out Chicago, just like we did DC. Chicago is very dangerous. Great place, I built great stuff there. I have the most beautiful building in Chicago, I think, but I hate to see what's happened to Chicago. Chicago was our greatest city, actually. Bob Tish, a great friend of mine, passed away, used to own the Giants, very successful, Loews. He said, Chicago— I think they had their main office in Chicago. He said, Chicago and San Francisco are the two greatest cities of the world.

Now, you look at what the Democrats have done to San Francisco. They've destroyed it. I own a big chunk of the Bank of America building in San Francisco, and you know, it's just different. We could clean that up too. We'll clean that one up too. No, if we— if everything works out, and we've already had calls from other cities, quiet calls, calls from Democrats: we'd love you to come here because they've lost control of themselves… I'm not going to say because I don't want them to lose their elections, but we've had calls from Democrats and calls from people, generally: “We'd love you to come here” because we'll straighten out the problem.

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Housing Regulator Bill Pulte Refers Two More Individuals to Justice Department for Mortgage Fraud

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9 hours ago

August 23, 2025

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Bill Pulte is on a roll!

President Trump’s housing regulator Bill Pulte announced on Friday evening that he referred two more people to the Justice Department for mortgage fraud.

Pulte did not disclose any details related to his latest criminal referral.

2 additional criminal referrals have been made.

— Pulte (@pulte) August 23, 2025

Pulte has referred several high-profile Democrats to the Justice Department for mortgage fraud.

Democrat Senator Adam Schiff (CA) is under investigation for mortgage fraud – specifically occupancy fraud.

President Trump recently posted a screenshot of a signed and notarized affidavit that Schiff signed proclaiming the mortgaged property in Maryland is his “principal residence.”

Adam Schiff also has a condominium in Los Angeles, California, that he claims is his “primary residence.”

The Trump Administration recently criminally referred New York Attorney General Letitia James to the Justice Department over accusations of mortgage fraud.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) accused Letitia James of falsifying records, citing a 5-unit property in New York she claimed was only four units in order to get a more favorable loan.

TGP has extensively and exclusively reported on Letitia James’ mortgage fraud via Joel Gilbert:

Big Development: Is Letitia James Guilty of Mortgage Fraud?
Mortgage Fraud Alert: Did Letitia James Marry Her Father?
The Letitia Files: Did Letitia James Illegally Hire a Nonprofit for Her 2013 Campaign?
Revealed: NY Attorney General Letitia James Declares Virginia Home Her ‘Principal Residence’
New for Letitia Files: Is Letitia James’ Rage Against Trump Really a “Daddy Issue?”

Most recently, Pulte criminally referred Biden-appointed Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to the DOJ for mortgage fraud – specifically occupancy fraud.

According to housing regulator Bill Pulte’s criminal referral, Lisa Cook committed mortgage fraud by lying on her mortgage application and falsifying bank statements when she designated her out-of-state Atlanta condo as her “primary residence”—just two weeks after taking a loan on her Michigan home, which she also claimed as her “primary residence.”

By claiming “primary residence” on her out-of-state condo, Lisa Cook received more favorable loan terms and a lower interest rate.

Special Prosecutor Ed Martin is investigating Lisa Cook, Adam Schiff, and Letitia James.

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Journalist Defends Illegal Immigrant Accused of Child Sexual Assault

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9 hours ago

August 23, 2025

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David Pérez-Teofani, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, was arrested on August 20, 2025, near the National Mall in Washington, D.C., after attempting to flee from federal agents. The arrest was captured in a viral video and took place shortly after President Trump declared a public emergency due to rising crime in the capital, which resulted in a massive deployment of federal agents and the National Guard throughout the city.

Pérez-Teofani had previously been charged in January 2024 in Fairfax County, Virginia, with aggravated sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl, among other related charges. However, the charges were

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