The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to immigration's impact on cities and states throughout the land.
"Will we have enough unicorn poop to pay for it, or should I rub my magic lamp?" So asked a New York City Council member about the city's never-ending cost to shelter illegal immigrants.
Public education for illegal aliens and their American-born children costs nearly $80 billion a year, and 90% is paid by state and local taxes.
Overall, the state and local annual costs for illegal immigration are estimated at $118 billion.
Cities across America are at their wits' end dealing with the illegal immigration crisis.
These are just a few blue-city lowlights-the tremendous costs to cities on the border would need a whole book to describe.
The truth is, there will never be enough federal land, or taxpayer dollars, to compensate cities and states for the costs of providing housing and welfare benefits to the number of people that will enter the U.S. illegally at will if we don't regain control over our border and immigration.
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