Musks’s Department of Government Efficiency Highlights Current Spending of $150 Billion on Migrants

The figure comes from a nonprofit group that advocates for stricter immigration controls.

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Migrants from Venezuela leave a shelter at the West Loop neighborhood at Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is highlighting the staggering cost of illegal immigration here in America, with the price tag coming in at more than $150 billion in 2022 alone — or more than 2 percent of America’s federal budget that year. 

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