Path to Citizenship Would Cost $6.3 Trillion, Group Says
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Creating a path to citizenship for about 11 million undocumented immigrants now in the U.S. would cost taxpayers $6.3 trillion, according to an estimate by the Republican-leaning Heritage Foundation that opposes such a plan.
The figure is more than double the $2.6 trillion estimate that Heritage produced the last time Congress attempted a broad revision of U.S. immigration law in 2007. The potential cost is part of opponents’ arguments against an immigration bill the Senate Judiciary Committee plans to begin considering this week.