Many states and the federal government are spending millions in taxpayer dollars on illegal aliens while veterans across the country still face a slew of issues like homelessness and long waits for primary care, a newly-released study found.
While the federal government will spend roughly $217 billion on the Department of Veterans Affairs this fiscal year, the net financial burden of illegal aliens on taxpayers annually is nearly $132 billion, according to an analysis by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). The study was exclusively provided first to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“The War on Terrorism has resulted in more veterans who have experienced overseas combat deployments than at any time since the end of World War II,” the study said, adding that this has resulted in more veterans than ever before needing services from the U.S. government.
“But, due to America’s foolhardy immigration policies, our government is now spending more and more money on services for illegal aliens — foreigners who have no right to be in the U.S. — resulting in a squeeze on resources available for the citizens and lawful immigrants who were prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for their country,” the study continued.
FAIR looked at where the majority of homeless veterans lived and reported how much taxpayer funding illegal aliens in those localities received.
There were an estimated 37,085 homeless veterans in January 2019, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Over a quarter of these homeless veterans lived in California, another 1,585 lived in Washington, and 1,270 lived in New York.
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