Total Cost: Based on the average lifetime burden of Mexican immigrant in US, it has been estimated that the total burden cost in the year 2000 for Arizona's immigrants was US$250 million.7
Among the costs associated with immigrants in the US, healthcare costs for undocumented immigrants have been of great concern for the border states. "According to the AmericanHospital Association annual survey, southwest border countyhospitals reported uncompensated care totaling nearly $832 million in 2000.
Using an advanced statistical modeling approach, MGT determined that almost $190 million or "about 22%" of the uncompensated costs these hospitals incurred resultedfrom emergency medical treatment pro- vided to undocumented immigrants." 8 The cost of healthcare for the state of Arizona is US$31 million per year on undocumented immigrants in border counties, accounting for only a 24% of the total costs of uncompensated health care in the state
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Based on the 2000 Census and the tax projections of the Mexicans in Arizona, the sales tax and federal income tax contributions from Mexican immigrants are approximately US$599 million for 2002. If we subtract the total burden costs of services for the Mexican immigrants of US$250 million and US$31 million of uncompensated health care costs of undocumented Mexicans, we still have fiscal surplus resources of US$318 million.