This month, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) released a new report called "The Costs of Illegal Immigration to New Jerseyites". This report analyzes the public expenditures made on behalf of the estimated 372,000 illegal aliens residing within the New Jersey. The report concludes that New Jersey's illegal alien population is costing the state's taxpayers nearly $2.1 billion per year for education, medical care and incarceration. This annual tax burden amounts to about $800 per New Jersey household headed by a native-born resident. This may explain why the state is suffering, as Governor Jon Corzine admitted, "one of the worst tax burdens in the United States." Read the full report here.

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