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Illegal Immigration Bankrupting USA - 'Everything is free in America!'
On Sep 17, 7:07 pm, "
> wrote: > FROM OFFICIALWIRE.COM > THE INTERNET'S NO. 1 ONLINE NEWSWIRE & PR SERVICE! > > Illegal Immigration Bankrupting America > > "Everything is free in America!" > > by Frosty Wooldridge > > LOUISVILLE, CO -- (OfficialWire) -- 09/14/07 -- Really? Two billion > unfortunates in third-world nations hunger for a chance to migrate to > America. > > While in-migration in small numbers may be sensible for specific > reasons, bringing countless third-world people to the U.S. with no > strategic plan or goals proves foolish and dangerous. Sufficient > reasons exist for first-world nations to enforce their immigration > laws: to protect jobs and citizens. > > Few Americans comprehend the various impacts and financial costs of > illegal migration into the United States. Like a cancer, it enters the > body while proliferating until, at some point, it compromises, then > destroys the integrity of surrounding tissue. Illegal "migration" > encroaches on legal American taxpayers who work honestly within their > system. > > The costly overhead, the "fringe-benefits" - tend to sneak up on us. > At first, communities and individual taxpayers don't notice it. But > soon, it grows beyond normalcy - toward malignancy. > > With more than 20 million illegal aliens working and living in the > United States today, that malignancy spreads out of control in every > state where a sizable population of aliens congregates. > > According to the well-respected U.S. Center for Immigration Studies > (www.cis.org), incarcerated convicted illegal aliens make up 29 > percent of federal, state and local prisons at a cost of more than > $1.6 billion annually. This number doubles when the costs for > apprehension, the justice system, public defenders, interpreters, > prosecutors and the courts add to the total. > > Gig Conaughton, reporter for the North County Times, Escondido, > California, wrote a piece exposing the horrific costs of illegal > aliens in one county. > > Conaughton wrote, "A county-commissioned study estimated that illegal > immigrants directly cost the county of San Diego and taxpayers $101 > million last year, and indirectly cost an additional $155 million in > unpaid medical care. Public school costs and a myriad of social- > services increase the actual costs, but are not included in the > count." > > Illegal alien "migrants" cost the county roughly $75 million in > criminal justice costs, such as jailing, prosecuting and public > defender efforts - and $26 million in health, social and other costs. > Experts said the estimates proved very conservative. Please remember, > our laws only require that we provide emergency medical services. > > Conaughton wrote, "Spokesman Horn, who pushed hard for the study to be > done, said Friday that he planned to use the report to lobby the > federal government, through Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-Solana Beach, for > help. He also said he thought the $255 million figure was too low - in > part because he thought it underestimated the illegal immigrant > population - and did not take education costs into account." > > Bilbray champions enforcement of existing immigration laws. > "Bilbray, who campaigned for the study along with Horn when both were > running for election in 2006, issued a written statement saying he was > eager to work with Horn to get federal reimbursement," Conaughton > wrote. 'When it comes to illegal immigration,' Bilbray said in his > statement, 'the federal government is the biggest deadbeat dad in > America.'" > > Net costs to provide services to illegals increased 500 percent in 7 > years. > "In 2001, county supervisors released a study compiled by researchers > for the United States-Mexico Border Counties Coalition that said San > Diego County spent more than $50.3 million in 1999 on criminal justice > and medical care for illegal immigrants," Conaughton wrote. > > "I'm not even asking that question," Horn said. "I spend taxpayer > money for taxpayer services. That's my charge. My issue with the > federal and state government is that they're asking me to spend my > LOCAL taxpayer money on people who don't even belong here - and are > here unlawfully." > > The San Diego report exposed shocking costs to taxpayers in one > county. With California hosting more than five million illegal aliens > and their kids and grand-kids, a 2005 report showed "migrants" cost > state taxpayers more than $10.2 billion annually - for primary, > secondary and tertiary services. That's money that could reduce the > $38 billion state debt! > > Like California, Colorado citizen-taxpayers pay gigantic costs. > In my state of Colorado, our finances struggle under the load of more > than 500,000 illegals at a cost of $1 billion annually (Source:www.cairco.org) for primary, secondary and tertiary services. Some > sources estimate triple that cost! > > These precious dollars pay for K-12 education, emergency medical > costs, optional medical costs, the additional burden on the justice > system and the public defender, and incarceration of convicted > criminal aliens. Other costs covered include uninsured illegals in > vehicular accidents, school breakfast and lunch programs as well as > things like housing assistance. > > Under the radar, most Americans don't realize half of illegal aliens > work off the books and pay no taxes. The 2005 Bear Stearns Report > showed a related loss of $301 billion in uncollected IRS income taxes > annually, for the 2003 base year. > > To make it worse, migrants yearly send more than $60 billion in cash > remittances back to home countries- thus bleeding the U.S. treasury. > These illegal aliens forget to report their job-wages when applying > for "free" services. > > BIG "business;" children and grand-children born here to illegal > aliens. > "Instant citizens" create another drain on taxpayers' earnings. The > average delivery costs $5,000 to $7,000 - depending on location. The > pre-natal and postnatal care adds another $5,000. Is this 'birthing' a > big item? Various experts tell us the number of such births in 2006 > was somewhere between 400,000 and 1,200,000 babies. > > The direct and indirect costs are thus somewhere between 4.4 BIL and > 13.2 BIL U.S. dollars - per year - and that doesn't include the > subsequent $3.5 BIL to $10.5 BIL - per year - for education. The real > kicker occurs when each child gains free access to K-12 education and > free breakfast and lunch program for 13 years of schooling. The cost > of one year of school averages $7,000.00 - and the feeding programs, > born by American taxpayers, soar into the billions of dollars. > > How many children of illegal aliens attend U.S. schools? > The "official numbers" grossly understate the reality. > > If we tabulate 20-28 million illegal aliens here now - plus their 4-9 > million kids and grand-kids - and two-thirds of those kids attend > schools - we pay to educate some 4-9 million kids. Factor-in birth > costs, prenatal care, postnatal care, medical costs for children with > birth-defects and other "complications," special needs kids, schooling > and lunch programs - and we're talking big bucks. Do the math! > > The U.S. continues as the only first-world nation to endorse the old- > paradigm - granting full citizenship and benefits to each child "Born > in the USA ." France and Britain and all of the other first-world > nations nullified that benefit many years ago, as counterproductive. > > California Rep. Dan Lungren introduced HR 1940 to stop birthright > citizenship. > He said, "It's a debate worth having, considering an estimated 400,000 > to 1,200,000 babies are born in the United States every year to > illegal immigrant parents. Those babies receive automatic U.S. > citizenship - at great cost to U.S. citizen-taxpayers. If citizenship > is to have true meaning, foreign-nationals with no allegiance to the > United States should not be able to lay claim to it on behalf of their > offspring." > > Hidden Costs; not discussed in polite company > As the financial costs grow, few speak about job losses and wages > depressed for America's working poor. "Unemployment" proves a touchy > subject, so the official numbers continue being grossly understated. > In truth, 14-18 million U.S. citizen-taxpayers endure unemployment. > They head to the unemployment lines, soup kitchens, homelessness and > food stamps. Their family members suffer endlessly, but the > "progressive" media maintains "silent assertion." > > Do not forget the middle class! They suffer job losses in roofing, dry- > walling, construction, cab driving, landscaping, house painting, > paving and restaurant work - just to name a few. We must also remember > that each of these "breadwinners" usually features a spouse-partner, a > few kids, and aging parents. > > No one escapes the ravages of illegal migration. > > Ask yourself this question. With more than 20 million "migrants" doing > THIS MUCH DAMAGE, what happens to American workers and communities > tomorrow, and the next day - when we add another 10 or 20 or 30 > million more illegal aliens into our country? > > If you are not enraged, you are part of the problem. > > Take action:http://www.numbersusa.comwww.thesoci...ecoalition.com |
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