
Biden’s immigration policies are costing American taxpayers billions while suppressing wages and inflating housing costs.
At a Glance
- Biden administration welcomed 2.6 million illegal migrants in 2024
- CBO report projects $278 billion in federal spending on illegal migrants over next decade
- Immigration surge expected to lower productivity and increase inflation
- Average wage growth projected to decrease, particularly for less-educated workers
Biden’s Parallel Immigration System: A Constitutional Crisis?
While the Constitution clearly states that Congress controls immigration rules, the Biden administration has apparently decided to create its own “parallel immigration system” outside the law passed by Congress in 1990. This blatant disregard for our nation’s founding document is not just alarming – it’s downright unconstitutional.
Experts have been warning us about this for some time.
Andrew Arthur, a former immigration judge who now works with the Center for Immigration Studies, noted how the constitution states that Congress controls immigration rules, but that the White House has created a “parallel immigration system.”
In 2024 alone, the Biden-Harris administration welcomed a staggering 2.6 million illegal migrants into our country – and that number is in question, too. It could be as many as ten times more than that. But going by that figure, that’s five illegal migrants for every two legal ones. It’s as if they’re running a two-for-one special on American sovereignty, folks!
The Economic Toll: American Workers Pay the Price
While the Biden administration touts the supposed economic benefits of their open-border policies, the reality is far grimmer for hardworking Americans. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that this immigration surge will cost taxpayers a whopping $278 billion over the next decade – and that’s a conservative estimate that doesn’t even include discretionary spending or state and local costs!
“Through 2026, the average wage growth of people in the United States who are not part of the surge is slightly less than it would have been without the surge because the surge slows the growth of wages of people with 12 or fewer years of education,” the Congressional Budget Office noted in a recent report.
That’s right, folks. While illegal migrants flood our labor market, it’s the American worker who pays the price through suppressed wages. But don’t worry, I’m sure those 12 years of education you worked so hard for will come in handy when you’re competing for jobs with millions of newly arrived, low-wage workers!
Housing Costs Skyrocket as Inflation Looms
As if wage suppression wasn’t enough, the CBO report also warns that this immigration surge will lead to increased inflation, particularly in the housing market. Because nothing says “American Dream” like being priced out of your own neighborhood to accommodate millions of illegal migrants, right?
The “greatest upward pressure on prices comes from the increased demand for housing,” the CBO also said.
But wait, there’s more! State and local governments are also feeling the squeeze. New York City alone spent a jaw-dropping $4.3 billion from July 2022 to March 2024 just to accommodate these uninvited guests. I guess the “Big Apple” is now the “Big Free-for-All.”
How does the White House think this will end? Do they think it’ll just…work itself out?