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Mayor Michael D. Antonovich released figures from the Department of Public Social Services reported that in January 2011, $53 million in welfare benefits ($22 million CalWORKs + $31 million in Food Stamps) were issued to parents who reside in the United States illegally and collect benefits for their native-born children in Los Angeles County — representing an increase of $3 million from January 2010. 

During the 12 months of 2010, over $625 million in CalWORKS ($265 million) + Food Stamps ($360 million) were issued to children of illegal immigrants — a 10% increase from the previous year ($56 million).  This amounts to approximately 22% of all CalWORKs and Food Stamp issuances in the County. 

“When you add the $625 million to 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 – not including the hundreds of millions of dollars for education,” said Antonovich. 

Figures from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services

 

2009 CalWORKs FOOD STAMPS CalWORKs + FOOD STAMPS
MONTH TOTAL ILLEGALS TOTAL ILLEGALS TOTAL ILLEGALS
January $82,761,595 $20,837,263 $92,247,354 $21,037,086 $175,008,949 $41,874,349
February $83,451,025 $21,166,749 $93,918,639 $21,540,326 $177,369,664 $42,707,075
March $84,994,290 $21,547,995 $96,232,122 $22,201,424 $181,226,412 $43,749,419
April $86,199,153 $21,734,461 $112,847,791 $25,934,814 $199,046,944 $47,669,275
May $86,420,038 $21,782,246 $114,895,102 $26,141,888 $201, 315,140 $47,924,134
June $87,611,378 $21,906,631 $116,841,880 $26,515,762 $204,453,258 $48,422,393
July $85,296,850 $21,162,630 $119,970,538 $27,045,847 $205,267,388 $48,208,477
August $85,797,283 $21,165,982 $121,171,353 $27,210,260 $206,968,636 $48,376,242
September $87,625,305 $21,404,981 $124,120,851 $27,774,459 $211,746,156 $49,179,440
October $88,481,754 $21,523,049 $126,799,636 $28,346,166 $215,281,390 $49,869,215
November $88,050,522 $21,595,661 $128,169,841 $28,477,064 $216,220,363 $50,072,725
December $89,385,780 $21,918,503 $130,963,355 $29,188,963 $220,349,135 $51,107,466
TOTAL $1,036,074,973 $257,746,151 $1,378,178,462 $311,414,059 $2,414,253,435 $569,160,210