Caution One

Each person that comes in will cost taxpayers, with the bulk of the burden at the local level, an average of $8,000 a year for housing, health care, transportation, education, food assistance, etc. Thus the 100,000 that were apprehended in March could cost Americans $800,000,000 for a year if they stay in the U.S. Such a rate enter at the Southwest Border for 12 months will be 1,200,000 immigrants and the cost is over 9 billion dollars.

Caution Two

The State of Texas is now spending 108 billion dollars each year for the total state budget. If the trend of people trying to come into Texas get into Texas then in about a decade the possible costs of the new immigrants will be close to the entire current state budget.

Caution Three

These costs to the taxpayers will be offset a bit by earnings and taxes paid if the immigrants secure jobs. How many are adults and how many are children and what wages they can earn are questions as well. Many of these may not stay in Texas but well over half first come into Texas.