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"Jeffrey E. Salzberg" wrote:
> 
> In article <aep05q$bfs$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net>, dkl8321@mindspring.com
> says...
> 
> >     And how many billions in taxes would Americans be saving
> > by not having to provide for the health, education, and
> > welfare of immigrants?
> 
> How many billions are we spending on that now?  Please provide a
> verifiable number.
> 
> Hint: the Hal Turner show is not "verification".

Further, from the Executive Summary at bordercounties.org/

Table 5: Estimated Fiscal Impact of Undocumented Persons by County (Texas) 


First column: County 


Second column: Estimated Fiscal Impact

Third column: Percentage of Total Estimated Fiscal Impact

Fourth column: General Fund

Fifth column: Estimated Fiscal Impact as Percentage of General Fund

Sixth (last) column: Per Capita Impact

Cameron		$3,663,064	15.7%	$31,790,196 11.5% $11.13
Hidalgo 	$2,531,488	10.9%	$50,441,047  5.0% $4.73
Starr		$1,440,433	6.2%	$8,300,000  17.4% $25.46
Zapata		$432,430	1.9%	$5,564,928   7.8% $37.81
Webb		$3,191,064	13.7%	$36,700,000  8.7% $16.52
Maverick	NA 		NA	$4,900,000  NA NA
Kinney		$16,026		0.1%	$1,241,160   1.3% $4.63
Val Verde	$1,527,737	6.6%	$7,985,767  19.1% $34.57
Terrell		$0		0%	$1,043,637     0% $0.00
Brewster	$56,401		0.2%	$2,336,115   2.4% $6.41
Presidio	$465,356	2.0%	$1,702,496  27.3% $51.97
Jeff Davis	$44,478		0.2%	$492,483 9.    0% $18.42
Culberson	$610,104	2.6%	$1,937,814  31.5% $202.16
Hudspeth	$120,524	0.5%	$1,814,407   6.6% $37.22
El Paso		$9,189,896	39.5%	$97,744,000  9.4% $13.09

Total State Cost$23,289,011	100.0%	$253,994,050 9.2% $11.94*

*Average per capita impact cost for counties 
experiencing fiscal impact. Maverick and Terrell Counties 
excluded.
Costs to Texas Border County Departments By estimating 
the percentage of total workload associated with processing 
criminal undocumented persons, researchers in consultation 
with the local counties determined the cost to the general fund
for each department. Using a percentage of the 
total departmental effort ensured that overhead
costs are also included. These figures also incorporate 
an estimate of the cost of general governmental services 
for each department, such as human resources, auditor, finance and
budgeting. The costs for emergency medical care are county general 
fund expenditures including ambulance, county eligibility 
determination and acute medical care.
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Lots more where that came from, Jeffrey. 



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