EXPOSED -- New Jersey Spending ~$8.2 BILLION To Support **ILLEGAL ALIENS**
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Source: Hal Turner
After six months of research, Assemblyman Paul Kanitra (Image Above) says his office has exposed a New Jersey immigration system so compromised that it now requires federal intervention. And he's demanding it.
He is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. House Judiciary Committee to immediately investigate New Jersey's motor vehicle and voter registration systems, warning that the state cannot be trusted to police itself.
The demand follows Gov. Mikie Sherrill's admission that a Motor Vehicle Commission registered roughly 6,600 noncitizens to vote, with nearly 400 known to have cast ballots. That’s a number Kanitra says only scratches the surface.
“Trenton has shown us it either can't or won't get to the bottom of this,” Kanitra (R-Ocean) said. “New Jersey has issued driver's licenses to well over 100,000 illegal aliens since 2021. If the state's own system failed to screen out 6,600 noncitizen voter registrations, taxpayers have every reason to ask how many more are sitting on the rolls right now.”
Kanitra has sent letters requesting federal assistance obtaining MVC records (Click Here), reviewing the roughly 75,000 people excused annually from jury duty after identifying as noncitizens, and determining whether any of them also appear on the voter rolls.
He has offered his data and testimony to the House Judiciary Committee (Click Here) and backed further pressure on the Sherrill administration beyond the Aug. 21 deadline set by U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew.
Alongside the federal push, Kanitra released the second edition of his office's Report on the Cost of Illegal Aliens to New Jerseyans (Click Here).
Illegal immigration costs have risen dramatically in New Jersey, to an estimated $8.2 billion every year, according to the report.
His findings show that the state's sanctuary policies have driven this rise despite federal immigration enforcement causing a drop in the overall number of illegal immigrants residing in the state. Even with that decline, the report estimates illegal immigration still costs taxpayers about $1,700 per worker and $2,300 per household each year.
“New Jersey taxpayers deserve to know exactly what illegal immigration is costing them every year,” Kanitra said. “The numbers are going up, not down, even as the population drops. That tells you everything about how badly Trenton's sanctuary policies are failing working families.”
The report also finds hospitals and emergency rooms absorbed roughly $72 million in emergency services for illegal aliens spending in 2024 – a nearly 140% increase from levels recorded during the Trump administration's first term. State spending on legal defense programs for immigrants facing deportation has grown more than eightfold since 2018.
Housing costs have also been driven up by illegal immigration, the report finds, citing a national analysis attributing roughly 20% of rent growth and 30% of home-price growth to illegal aliens. The effect is likely even more pronounced in New Jersey, given the outsized impact seen in the greater New York City metro area. The squeeze, he says, hits young families and renters hardest, but it's rippling across the market as demand climbs statewide.
The report also demonstrates that illegal aliens do not pay more in state and local taxes than they receive in benefits – in fact, those tax contributions offset only about 16% of the costs identified in the report.
Kanitra said the findings underscore the need for legislation he has introduced requiring hospitals to collect immigration-status data, excluding noncitizens from redistricting counts, and authorizing local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
“Every legal New Jerseyan’s wallet has been emptied to pay for illegals. Return all their money. Send every invader home.”
Read the full report, with Source Citations, HERE
