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 nan financial costs of sending troops to quell anti-ICE riots successful their jurisdiction, which came pinch a value tag dramatically little than nan measure taxpayers ft to salary for forbidden immigrants successful nan 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 nan posts from Newsom and Bass and commented connected really forbidden immigrants costs 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 forbidden immigrants each year. (Getty)

"Wait till you find retired really galore trillions we person to walk connected forbidden aliens," Miller posted connected X successful consequence to Newsom. 

"Now do nan $9 cardinal you drained retired of our authorities treasury to money your free 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 nan hundreds of billions,"Conservative activistic and filmmaker Robby Starbuck posted connected X. "THAT money should person gone to your citizens and occurrence betterment but you gave it to illegals.

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

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

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

A 2019 study from FAIR recovered that incarceration costs of forbidden immigrants going done nan tribunal process and being housed successful jailhouse costs California complete $2 cardinal per year. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A protester waves nan 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 will not guidelines by while these lawless rioters loot and destruct a awesome American city. Newsom and Bass should beryllium thanking President Trump for providing further support to reconstruct rule and bid and extremity nan demolition of LA."

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

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

Bass's agency directed Fox News Digital to a remark nan politician made connected MSNBC.

"We are a metropolis of immigrants," Bass said. "We person full industries that wouldn't moreover beryllium capable to usability without migrant labor. So this is unspeakable to families, but it besides is simply a very powerful rustle to nan section system if this is going to continue."

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Late Thursday, a national judge issued a impermanent restraining bid Thursday directing President Donald Trump to return power of nan National Guard to California.

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

The Trump management appealed that determination and hours later nan 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked nan national judge’s order.

The tribunal said it would clasp a proceeding connected nan matter connected June 17. 

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