New FAIR Study: Resettling Refugees Costs U.S. $1.8 Billion Annually
(February 5, Washington, D.C.) — The resettlement of refugees and asylum seekers in the U.S. costs federal taxpayers approximately $1.8 billion a year, and a staggering $8.8 billion over five years. These expenditures amount to $15,900 per refugee annually, or nearly $80,000 per refugee over their first five years in America - according to a new study released by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). Moreover, the enormously costly resettlement of refugees in the United States does little to address the worldwide refugee crisis. The report notes that the United Nations estimates that 65 million people across the world are currently displaced.
https://fairus.org/press-releases/new-fair-study-resettling-refugees-costs-us-18-billion-annually
