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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
What do the rest of them do? Bounce around from social program to social program? You realize that billions of dollars in withheld taxes earned by illegals are kept by the govt rather than be paid back. You do realize that illegals do the cheap labor jobs that Americans wont do which means that those businesses which employ them continue to be in business or remain profitable. You know like food growers, restaurants, landscaping business, temp jobs. The vast majority of them dont rely on govt services for anything as they are afraid of being turned in and sent back.
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It's not to say that all illegal aliens are non-workers or of a criminal element. I don't know who's legal and who's not. I have a friend who works for employers of Mexican labor. She tells me that she can clearly pick up on the fact that documentation is false, but the employers are the ones doing the employing and they're perfectly fine with it.
That mentality and practice is patently unfair to the thousands - perhaps millions - of people from other countries who wait patiently, sometimes for years on end, to gain LEGAL entry into this country. Personally, I find our immigration laws too strident and tilted toward one nationality. But, until the laws are changed, it's the law of the land, and it should be enforced.
Economic Costs of illegal aliens.
1. $11-$22 billion spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year.
2. $2.2 billion yearly spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
3. $2.5 billion yearly spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
Millions of U.S. dollars sent outside the country. Population health risks due to unverified pre-entry immunizations. Increase in road traffic and usage, injurious or fatal accidents. Growing number of uninsured illegal aliens who can't pay for claims. Overcrowding and financial burdens on public schools. Continued law-breaking rationalization for those who employ illegals. Difficult prosecution and justice when perpetrators flee the country.
And, then, there is the crime factor. Not a fun read, but eye opening
http://www.usillegalaliens.com/impac...e_summary.html
"While the vast majority of illegal aliens are decent people who work hard and are only trying to make a better life for themselves and their families, (something you or I would probably do if we were in their place), it is also a fact that a disproportionately high percentage of illegal aliens are criminals and sexual predators," states Peter Wagner, author of a new report called "The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration." -
http://www.usillegalaliens.com/impac...e_summary.html "That is part of the dark side of illegal immigration and when we allow the 'good' in we get the 'bad' along with them. The question is, how much 'bad' is acceptable and at what price?"