The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) revealed that the U.S. government spent almost $151 billion on illegal immigration in 2023.
The number is 2.6% of the entire $6.1 trillion annual spending.
The DOGE X account compared the figure to historic expenditures, including:
- World War I: $334 billion
- Apollo Space Program: $257 billion
- Manhattan Project: $30 billion
- Panama Canal: $15.2 billion
- Hoover Dam: $1 billion
DOGE revealed other instances of government waste last week.
In 2024, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent $1.8 billion studying racism, DOGE said.
This included $125K on “Examining Anti-Racist Healing in Nature,” $151K on “Perceived racism, cardiovascular disease risk, and neurocognitive aging,” and $516K on “Effects of Racism on Brain and Pathways to Health Disparities.”
DOGE also revealed that “federal government agencies are using, on average, just 12% of the space in their DC headquarters,” noting that the Department of Agriculture “averaged 456 workers each day (6% occupancy).” The department has space for more than 7,400 people.
