A recent study estimates that illegal immigration costs Washington taxpayers $2.7 billion annually.

A study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Aliens on Washingtonians, examines the cost of providing services and benefits to Washington's 275, 000 illegal aliens and 104, 000 dependent US-born children.

Ira Melman, FAIR spokesman in Seattle talked about this issue at length on Monday's Mike Bastinelli show..

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