Department of Government Efficiency – Dec 2, 2024

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 billion

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-dam