Immigration is expanding the government’s size

Liberty Unyielding reports:

When Obama sought to offer temporary legal status to five million illegal aliens by executive action — an action blocked as illegal by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals — even open-borders advocates noted that this would increase government spending by billions. The result of Obama’s action was that hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens suddenly qualifed for the Earned Income Tax Credit, which gives taxpayer money to low-income workers with kids. A single mother with three kids and an annual income of $17,000 could get back as much as $6,000 from taxpayers, according to the Tax Policy Center. “I fear the long-run impact on overall fiscal policy will be negative,” said Dan Mitchell, a budget expert at the Cato institute, which opposes immigration restrictions.

The growth of the welfare state.