Illegal Aliens: Assessing Estimates of Financial Burden on California

HEHS-95-22 Published: Nov 28, 1994. Publicly Released: Nov 30, 1994.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the fiscal impact of illegal aliens residing in California, focusing on: (1) the Governor of California's 1994 and 1995 budget estimates for elementary and secondary education, Medicaid benefits, and adult incarceration; (2) the estimates of revenues attributable to illegal aliens; and (3) federal efforts to improve estimates of the fiscal impact of illegal aliens residing in California.

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Budget and Spending

ChemicalsCost analysisImprisonmentEducation or training costsElementary educationHealth care costsImmigration enforcementMedicaidPrisonersSecondary educationState budgetsState-administered programsStatistical methods