John Binder
BreitbartSat, 16 Jun 2018 17:52 UTC
Migrant children who cross into the United States either alone or with adults have a higher standard of living once they are put into federal care than the more than 13 million American children who are living in poverty across the country.
In Fiscal Year 2017, the federal government referred nearly 41,000 unaccompanied minor border crossers to the Unaccompanied Alien Children program which is facilitated by the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Data provided to Breitbart News reveals that each unaccompanied minor costs the federal government about $34,660 annually. This is a higher standard of living per child than the roughly 13 million American children who continue to live below the U.S. poverty line.
In 2016, there were about
13.2 million American children under the age of 18 living in poverty. These are U.S. children, for example, whose parents or guardians -in a household of four - earn less than $24,500 a year.
This annual income for an impoverished American family is $10,000 less than the more than $34,500 in federal funds which are spent on each unaccompanied minor border crosser.
Report: Young Border Crossers Cost American Taxpayers $1.4B Last Yearhttps://t.co/TkalmfLb9c
- John Binder ๐ฝ (@JxhnBinder) May 31, 2018
Overall, about $1.4 billion is spent on unaccompanied minor border crossers every year, which American taxpayers foot the bill for, as
Breitbart News reported.
Most recently,
Breitbart News's Senior Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak revealed the comfortable living conditions that unaccompanied minor border crossers are placed into by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Those comfortable living conditions include lodging, meals, clothing, medical care, education, recreation, counseling, among other services.
Comment: A serious investigation and debate about the real reasons why masses of people, to include children, from countries south of the United States illegally emigrate never seems to take place in the mainstream, whether in the media or the government. The United States, in conjunction with international organizations, such as the IMF and World Bank, has used
the 'shock doctrine', as described by Naomi Klein, to pillage, exploit, corrupt, control, impoverish and force into debt many countries as part of foreign policy. This benefits the United States' imperial ambitions, solidifies the various intelligence agencies' power and funding and enriches banks and corporations. The conditions of countries undergoing the 'shock doctrine' deteriorate to the point where people living there are made willing or are forced to leave. Where are they going to go? The United States where they might have a modicum of possibility of having a better or stable life for family and children. Then the illegal immigration topic, where the real story is never explained to American citizens, whether liberal or conservative, is used to divide those with citizenship into warring camps about what to do about the situation, who is to blame... and on and on it goes until people are at each other's throats instead of seeing and acting against the real source of the problem.
Comment: A serious investigation and debate about the real reasons why masses of people, to include children, from countries south of the United States illegally emigrate never seems to take place in the mainstream, whether in the media or the government. The United States, in conjunction with international organizations, such as the IMF and World Bank, has used the 'shock doctrine', as described by Naomi Klein, to pillage, exploit, corrupt, control, impoverish and force into debt many countries as part of foreign policy. This benefits the United States' imperial ambitions, solidifies the various intelligence agencies' power and funding and enriches banks and corporations. The conditions of countries undergoing the 'shock doctrine' deteriorate to the point where people living there are made willing or are forced to leave. Where are they going to go? The United States where they might have a modicum of possibility of having a better or stable life for family and children. Then the illegal immigration topic, where the real story is never explained to American citizens, whether liberal or conservative, is used to divide those with citizenship into warring camps about what to do about the situation, who is to blame... and on and on it goes until people are at each other's throats instead of seeing and acting against the real source of the problem.