Who is funding illegal immigration? You are.

People often ask how illegal aliens can afford to pay for their journeys. Much of the funding comes from predictable sources: Relatives in the United States may send the money, the migrant may borrow it or even indenture himself to smuggling gangs and work off the debt once here.

But a lot of the money comes from the American taxpayer.

At every stage of a migrant’s journey, U.S. tax money smooths the way for people planning to enter and live in the United States illegally.

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Subject matter experts have been examining the costs of illegal immigration, and it was through a FOIA that the Center discovered the extent of UN funding, with taxpayer funding, of migrants’ journey to America’s border.

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