More Than $53 Million In Welfare To Illegal Alien Parents, Says Antonovich

Posted by: KHTS FM 98.1 & AM 1220 in Santa Clarita News May 17, 2012 - 8:45 pm 0 86 Views

mikeantonovich March figures from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services report that over $53 million in welfare benefits were issued to illegal alien parents for their native-born children, announced County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.

The $53 million consist of $20 million in CalWORKs (welfare) and $33 million in food stamps — representing 21% of all CalWORKs and food stamp issuances in the County. At this rate, the projected annual cost is over $625 million.

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“With the $550 million for public safety and nearly $500 million for healthcare, the total cost for illegal immigrants to County taxpayers exceeds $1.6 billion dollars a year,” said Antonovich. “These costs do not include the hundreds of millions of dollars for education.”

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Figures from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services

2010	CalWORKs		FOOD STAMPS		CalWORKs + FOOD STAMPS
MONTH	TOTAL	ILLEGALS	TOTAL	ILLEGALS	TOTAL	ILLEGALS
January	$88,615,870	$21,867,225	$130,492,264	$28,974,573	$219,108,134	$50,841,798
February	$89,098,884	$21,876,519	$132,167,065	$29,372,364	$221,265,949	$51,248,883
March	$89,658,527	$22,042,682	$134,356,918	$29,951,997	$224,015,445	$51,994,679
April	$90,074,087	$22,200,566	$134,027,566	$29,800,515	$224,101,653	$52,001,081
May	$91,116,722	$22,090,170	$135,095,134	$29,663,498	$226,211,856	$51,753,668
June	$90,821,839	$22,109,427	$136,050,389	$29,792,907	$226,972,228	$51,902,334
July	$92,312,634	$22,066,875	$138,746,669	$29,869,795	$231,059,303	$51,936,670
August	$93,617,211	$22,044,272	$141,003,304	$30,056,250	$234,620,515	$52,100,522
September	$95,822,760	$22,235,667	$145,407,129	$30,246,001	$241,229,889	$52,481,668
October	$94,852,907	$22,156,007	$146,562,530	$30,535,441	$241,415,437	$52,691,448
November	$95,516,572	$22,256,308	$147,309,677	$30,795,309	$242,826,249	$53,051,617
December	$96,893,534	$22,522,833	$148,592,250	$31,122,636	$245,485,784	$53,645,469
TOTAL	$1,108,401,547	$265,468,551	$1,669,910,895	$360,181,286	$2,778,312,442	$625,649,837

2011	CalWORKs		FOOD STAMPS		CalWORKs + FOOD STAMPS
MONTH	TOTAL	ILLEGALS	TOTAL	ILLEGALS	TOTAL	ILLEGALS
January	$96,804,155	$22,637,940	$149,141,365	$31,131,733	$245,945,515	$53,769,673
February	$97,121,458	$22,706,923	$149,008,345	$31,342,676	$246,129,803	$54,049,599
March	$98,121,773	$22,764,104	$152,495,206	$31,827,393	$250,616,979	$54,591,497
April	$98,717,208	$22,682,459	$151,335,439	$31,707,921	$250,052,647	$54,390,380
May	$98,287,824	$22,701,483	$156,280,068	$31,997,747	$254,567,892	$54,699,230
June	$98,534,456	$22,655,028	$154,683,908	$31,938,454	$253,218,364	$54,593,482
July	$89,402,945	$20,492,160	$158,809,395	$32,560,568	$248,212,340	$53,052,728
August	$89,128,635	$20,266,009	$162,035,088	$32,860,438	$251,163,723	$53,126,477
September	$89,822,610	$20,215,536	$162,859,796