@bradbernsteinlaw: Replying to @HeidiGlitterWhip An $8.19 billion number sounds devastating until you ask what it actually measures. This New Jersey report calculates gross government spending associated with undocumented immigrants and their families. It does not calculate the net economic effect of mass deportation. Nearly 72% of the headline number is the estimated average cost of educating U.S.-citizen children whose parents are undocumented. Education represents 87% of the total. The report also assigns portions of public safety and government administration based largely on population estimates, not documented individual usage. It does not subtract a separate modeled estimate of approximately $1.3 billion in New Jersey state and local taxes paid by undocumented immigrants in 2022. It also does not calculate the federal costs of ICE enforcement, detention and deportation, or the economic effects of losing workers, taxpayers, consumers and production. Real state and local costs exist, particularly in education, emergency healthcare and shelters. But gross spending is not the same as net economic cost, and it certainly is not proof that New Jersey would save $8.19 billion through mass deportation. Numbers are only helpful when you compare apples to apples and answer the same question. Sources: New Jersey Assembly Republican 2026 report; Congressional Budget Office; New Jersey Department of Education; Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Brad Bernstein Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein, P.C. 45 Broadway, 15th Floor New York, NY 10006 USA: 1-800-529-5465 International: 1-212-227-8933 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lawsb.com This video is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Prior results do not guarantee future outcomes. #MassDeportation #immigration #ImmigrationFacts #ImmigrationLaw #immigrationlawyer

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