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A bunch of red states just filed a brief opposing birthright citizenship. They claim they’re harmed because they have to provide health care to undocumented mothers and their babies—and don’t want to because it’s expensive. All of them claim to be pro-life. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Attracting illegal aliens to give birth in America imposes significant costs on all States, including Amici States. For example, between 225,000 to 250,000 U.S. births in 2023—about 7% of all births in the United States, and more than births in any State besides Texas or California-were to illegal immigrants. Michael Dorgan, Up to 250,000 Children Born to Illegal Migrants in 2023: Preliminary Report, Fox News, Jan. 25, 2025. https://perma.cc/PSHW-AYXN. In Texas and Georgia, "three-fourths of births to illegal immigrants were likely paid for by taxpayers." Steven A. Camarota et al., Births to Legal and Illegal Immigrants in the U.S., CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES (Oct. 9, 2018), https://bit.ly/4jxah3C. In total, States pay an estimated $938 million in Medicaid costs for births to illegal aliens. The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers 2023, FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM (2024), at 47, https://perma.cc/293X-4DY9. States bear many costs associated with births to illegal aliens. For example, Texas estimates that perinatal coverage for illegal aliens through the Children's Health Insurance Program costs between $30 million and $38 million. AG Paxton: Illegal Immigration Costs Texas Taxpayers Over $850 Million Each Year, OFFICE OF THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL (Mar. 31, 2021), https://perma.cc/3FU5-F3LU. And because the mother and any other family members accompanying the new baby often stay in the United States, States end up paying for their health care as well. Texas estimates that its people pay as much as $700 million each year "for public hospital districts to provide uncompensated care for illegal aliens," and up to $90 million "to include illegal aliens in the state Emergency Medicaid program." Id. Over the course of their lives, each illegal immigrant in this country imposes an estimated "lifetime fiscal drain (taxes paid minus costs)" of $68,000. Testimony of Steven A. Camarota, The Cost of Illegal Immigration to Taxpayers, "The Impact of Illegal Immigration on Social Services," Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Jan. 11, 2024, at 2, https://perma.cc/Rssss6VP-GWBE.
February 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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SCOOP: RFK Jr. secretly recorded his second wife during their bitter divorce fight and in one conversation acknowledged he was "polygamous" and blamed her for that. One recording might have violated state law—in a messy saga that ended with her suicide.
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RFK Jr. secretly recorded second wife during divorce and acknowledged being “polygamous”
One recording might have violated state law. It was part of a messy saga that ended with her suicide.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM