Social media exposes CA Dems with receipts on illegals after they attack Trump for cost of riot response

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass person lambasted President Trump for the fiscal outgo of sending troops to quell anti-ICE riots successful their jurisdiction, which came with a terms tag dramatically little than the measure taxpayers ft to wage for amerciable immigrants successful the state. 

"Just an perfectly shameful usage of payer dollars that could beryllium utilized to really HELP people," Bass recently posted connected X. "Despicable."

"$134 cardinal that should beryllium going to LA’s occurrence recovery," Newsom posted connected X. "Shameful."

Many connected societal media responded to the posts from Newsom and Bass and commented connected however amerciable immigrants outgo taxpayers billions of dollars successful California, including White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller. 

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California shells retired tens of billions of payer dollars to amerciable immigrants each year. (Getty)

"Wait till you find retired however galore trillions we person to walk connected amerciable aliens," Miller posted connected X successful effect to Newsom. 

"Now bash the $9 cardinal you drained retired of our authorities treasury to money your escaped healthcare for illegals immigrants scheme," run strategist Andrew Clark posted connected X.

"How galore billions person you spent connected illegals Gavin? It’s good into the hundreds of billions,"Conservative activistic and filmmaker Robby Starbuck posted connected X. "THAT wealth should person gone to your citizens and occurrence betterment but you gave it to illegals.

Recent studies reviewed by Fox News Digital amusement that California spends astatine slightest tens of billions connected amerciable immigrants each year, acold much than the $134 cardinal outgo of sending successful national troops to respond to rioting.

A Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) outgo analysis, promoted by the House Budget Committee successful a 2023 property release, recovered that "benefits and services provided to amerciable aliens successful California unsocial successful 2022" amounted to much than $22 billion. 

In a much recent cost analysis, FAIR calculated that services for amerciable immigrants outgo California taxpayers $31 cardinal per year. 

A 2019 study from FAIR recovered that incarceration costs of amerciable immigrants going done the tribunal process and being housed successful jailhouse outgo California implicit $2 cardinal per year. 

Earlier this year, Newsom asked for an further $2.8 cardinal indebtedness to code a bloated shortage successful the state's Medicaid program, which has surpassed fund expectations mostly owed to sum for amerciable immigrants.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks astatine a quality league successful Oakland, Calif (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Last year, California expanded Medi-Cal to screen each low-income adults ages 26 done 49, careless of migration status, making it the archetypal authorities to bash so. Roughly 1.6 cardinal amerciable immigrants are enrolled successful the state's healthcare program, according to authorities data, and 15 cardinal California residents are enrolled.

In summation to the magnitude of payer dollars spent connected individuals illegally successful the country, a recent study by Wallethub recovered that California ranks astir past successful the state erstwhile it comes to instrumentality connected concern for taxpayers. 

Wallethub examined authorities and section taxation collections and past compared that with the prime of services received successful education, health, safety, the economy, and infrastructure and pollution. The Golden State ranks 47th successful payer ratio successful the United States. 

In a connection to Fox News Digital, Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin fired backmost astatine California Democrats and pointed to the outgo the rioters could inflict, already estimated successful the millions arsenic of Thursday, on the taxpayers successful presumption of spot damage if not rapidly quelled by national troops. 

"Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass are conveniently ignoring the precocious terms of wide looting, rioters destroying LA’s household businesses, nationalist property, and mounting cars and different spot connected fire," McLaughlin said. 

A protester waves the Mexican emblem successful beforehand of a burning Waymo conveyance during an anti-ICE protestation successful downtown Los Angeles, California, connected June 8, 2025. (Getty Images)

"President Trump volition not basal by portion these lawless rioters loot and destruct a large American city. Newsom and Bass should beryllium thanking President Trump for providing further enactment to reconstruct instrumentality and bid and halt the demolition of LA."

In a connection to Fox News Digital, Newsom Communications Director Izzy Gardon said determination is an "irrefutable instrumentality connected concern erstwhile Californians person entree to acquisition and healthcare."

"There’s zero instrumentality for taxpayers erstwhile Trump blows $140 cardinal of YOUR dollars to propulsion troops disconnected the borderline and distant from wildfire prep conscionable truthful they tin beryllium idle successful L.A. portion helium cosplays arsenic a dictator and chases Fox News headlines. This isn’t nationalist information — it’s a governmental stunt and a disgrace."

Bass's bureau directed Fox News Digital to a remark the politician made connected MSNBC.

"We are a metropolis of immigrants," Bass said. "We person full industries that wouldn't adjacent beryllium capable to relation without migrant labor. So this is unspeakable to families, but it besides is simply a precise almighty stroke to the section system if this is going to continue."

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Late Thursday, a national justice issued a impermanent restraining bid Thursday directing President Donald Trump to instrumentality power of the National Guard to California.

The order, which takes effect astatine noon Friday, said the deployment of the Guard was amerciable and some violated the Tenth Amendment and exceeded Trump’s statutory authority.

The Trump medication appealed that determination and hours aboriginal the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the national judge’s order.

The tribunal said it would clasp a proceeding connected the substance connected June 17. 

Fox News Digital’s Jamie Joseph and Associated Press contributed to this report