House Investigation Cites FAIR Study on Financial Costs of the Biden Border Crisis

Last week, the House Homeland Security Committee released the fourth interim report of its investigation into Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The report expands on the Committee’s September hearing on the cost of illegal immigration by setting forth the staggering financial costs of the border crisis that has taken place under Mayorkas’ watch.

FAIR’s research, prominent throughout the report, provided evidence of the impact Mayorkas’ policies have had on the American people.  In particular, the report cited FAIR’s 2023 study on the cost of illegal immigration, which calculates the net cost of illegal immigration is now $150.7 billion per year, a major increase from $135 billion in 2017.

The House report is divided into several parts, each of which examines a particular category of costs.