If illegal immigration costs AZ roughly $1.3 billion a year, what is it costing TX?
"...the costs of illegal immigration are often greater than current, crippling budget deficits. In Texas, for example, the additional cost of immigration, $16.4 billion, is equal to the state’s current budget deficit; in California the additional cost of illegal immigration, $21.8 billion, is $8 billion more than the state’s current budget deficit of $13.8 billion" (From
this article.)
A while back I saw a state-by-state breakdown of illegal-alien costs compared with budget deficits on the Fox News, but I can't seem to find it now. If memory serves, though, many (if not most) states would be back in the black if not for the Mexican Invasion.