10010011 said:
So you would rather have people (born and raised in this contry) starving in the streets because they can't afford food.
I just don't agree with that scenario, not for a second. I think it's quite comical that some politicians and the Mexican government would like us to think that this country economy would crumble without illegal immigrants.
Cost of Illegal Immigration to Texas: 4.7 billion a year or an extra $725 to each resident in the form of taxes, higher education costs, higher law enforcement costs, and higher health care costs.
Cost of Illegal Immigration to California: 10.5 billion a year or an extra $1,183 to each resident in the form of taxes, higher education costs, higher law enforcement costs, and higher health care costs.
Cost of Illegal Immigration to Arizona: 1.3 billion a year or an extra $700.00 to each resident in the form of taxes, higher education costs, higher law enforcement costs, and higher health care costs.
That $700 dollars in state taxes would sure buy me alot of lettuce, even at double the price it's going for now.
Right now we, the American tax payer, are paying for free health care that illegals now enjoy to the tune of 200 to 300 million dollars a year.
This is the were it's hurting the most, the small local government:
“In places like Palm Beach County that have huge agricultural holdings that draw migrant laborers, the impact on local taxpayers is even greater because there is no other large industry and most of the costs of services to immigrants – public education, health care, law enforcement – are borne by local governments.”
