Elon Musk

@elonmusk

The scale of spending on illegal immigration boggles the mind!

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Department of Government Efficiency

@DOGE

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In 2023 alone, illegal immigration cost taxpayers $150.7 billion. To put this in context with other costs (adjusted for inflation): -World War I: $334 billion -Apollo Space Program: $257 billion -Manhattan Project: $30 billion -Panama Canal: $15.2 billion -Hoover Dam: $1

Sources: https://fairus.org/issue/publications-resources/fiscal-burden-illegal-immigration-united-states-taxpayers-2023 https://online.norwich.edu/online/about/resource-library/cost-us-wars-then-and-now https://planetary.org/space-policy/cost-of-apollo https://stimson.org/2024/americas-nuclear-weapons-quagmire/ https://panamacascoviejo.com/brief-history-of-the-panama-canal/ https://hoover.archives.gov/hoovers/hoover