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In this The Federalist article, Eddie Scarry argues that legacy media outlets continue to spotlight the hardships of illegal immigrants while ignoring the massive financial and social costs borne by American taxpayers.
- Scarry criticizes a Washington Post story focused on families affected by ICE arrests, saying it frames deportation enforcement as a hardship while downplaying why Americans support stronger immigration enforcement.
- The article argues that legal fees for illegal immigrants fighting deportation are personal costs, not national injustices.
- Scarry compares deportation-related legal expenses to a citizen choosing whether to hire a lawyer after receiving a traffic ticket.
- He cites the Center for Immigration Studies’ estimate that illegal immigrants cost American taxpayers nearly $70,000 per person over a lifetime.
- The article says CIS estimated roughly 13 million illegal aliens in the U.S., producing what Scarry frames as nearly a $1 trillion taxpayer burden.
- Scarry also cites claims that nearly 60 percent of illegal alien-led households use at least one welfare program.
- The piece points to estimates that illegal immigrants with children cost the U.S. education system close to $70 billion in one year.
- Scarry cites FAIR’s estimate that illegal immigration costs taxpayers $22 billion annually in medical care and roughly $1,000 per taxpayer per year.
- The article concludes that corporate media prefer emotional stories about illegal immigrants over serious attention to the costs and consequences for Americans.
Read the full story: https://thefederalist.com/2026/05/13/washington-post-worries-illegals-might-pay-their-own-legal-fees-while-immigration-costs-americans-billions/
