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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 07:28:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: KZPG -Broadcasting population news & views <heimlich@iti.com>
To: K11 KZPG US Front Page News List {2of3} -- <archive@iti.com>
Subject: KZPG-Front: New study on costs of immigration

From: Mark Krikorian <msk@us.net>

            NEWS RELEASE -- EMBARGOED UNTIL OCTOBER 25, 1995

IMMIGRATION COST U.S. $51.32 BILLION AND 2.2 MILLION JOBS IN 1994 ALONE,
NEW STUDY REPORTS
 

         -- Legal Immigration Accounts for 62% of Costs --
 
Congressman Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Chairman of the Congressional Task
Force on Immigration Reform, will introduce economist and study author Dr.
Donald Huddle of Rice University at a presentation of his findings from
"The Net National Costs of Immigration in 1994" in a
 
NEWS CONFERENCE 
 
  10 AM, Wednesday, October 25, 1995 
  Room 2226, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 
 
The first study of the net costs of immigration to American taxpayers in
1994 revealed that: 
 
The 21.9 million legal and illegal immigrants settling in the United
States since 1970 cost $51.32 billion in 1994 alone in excess of taxes
those immigrants paid.  This amount represents a substantial increase over
the net cost of $44.18 billion in 1993 and $42.5 billion in 1992. 
 
Over 62% of the net national cost of immigration in 1994, or $32.16
billion, is attributable to legal and legalized (amnesty) immigrants.
Illegal immigrants generated about 37%, or $19.16 billion, of the total
net cost. 
 
Approximately 2.2 million predominantly low-skill Americans were displaced
from their jobs during 1994 due to the heavy influx of immigrant workers
since 1970.  Taxpayers paid $12.42 billion in public assistance for those
displaced workers in 1994. 
 
The 1994 net cost of $51.32 billion represents a cost of $195 to each U.S.
resident or $780 to each family of four. 
 
A net deficit of $7.12 billion dollars to the Social Security system in
1994 is attributable to the foreign-born population. 
 
Net cumulative costs for the 1995-2004 decade are projected to reach $688
billion, or an average of about $69 billion per year, assuming no change
in current immigration law and enforcement policy. 

The present study includes certain categories of revenues and costs
omitted from the two earlier national-level studies conducted by Dr.
Huddle in 1993 and 1994. 
 
Dr. Huddle will be available for interviews with the media on Monday,
October 23 and Tuesday, October 24 as well as at the news conference. 
 
Copies of one or more of Dr. Huddle's studies on the net cost of
immigration to the nation, California, Florida, Texas, or New York are
available free of charge for the news media and $6 for all others from
CCN; 2000 P Street, NW; Suite 240; Washington, D.C.  20036. 
 
Carrying Capacity Network is a national, non-profit organization which
advocates national revitalization, economic sustainability, population
stabilization, resource conservation, and immigration reduction as
essential components of solutions to the economic, social and
environmental challenges facing America today. 

Contact: Leon Kolankiewicz (202) 296-4548 / (800) 466-4866
 
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Mark Krikorian, executive director
Center for Immigration Studies
1815 H St. N.W., Suite 1010, Washington, DC  20006
(202) 466-8185 (phone); (202) 466-8076 (fax); msk@cis.org


[...The Center for Immigration Studies published an analysis of Prof.
Huddle's two previous national studies, as well as the Urban Institute's
cost study, in _The Costs of Immigration: Assessing a Conflicted Issue_
(Sept. 1994).  Though the new Huddle study referred to above includes some
revenues and costs not included in the prior work, the Center's analysis
of the underlying assumptions is still valuable (and available for $4). --
Mark Krikorian]


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