here is an interesting read, What do you think of this report?

Question

http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/assets/documents/2006_KenanInstitute_HispanicStudy.pdf

Are the criminal trespassers worth the cost?

Here is an overview for the lazy folks like bubba, Dont strain yourself dude.
In dollar-amounts:

$9.2 billion - Total economic impact for N.C. in 2004

$756 million - Annual tax contribution

$817 million - Annual cost to the state budget

Yes, Bubba, the NC stands for North Carolina.

Answer 1

I think common sense, well-considered, practical steps need to be carried out to prevent future illegal immigration.

Part of this is turning off the 'magnet' Free aid, employment, all those fun things, any/all 'sugar' being poured on the illegal immigration anthill needs to be done away with. The best way to do that is for people in all 50 states to write their respective state, national, and local represenation and express their collective will that this status quo be changed.

Our country goes deeper in debt each year, to other countries like Saudi Arabia. Right now, that debt is at 8.4 trillion dollars. If we continue to go as we have, it will become 9, then 10, then 12.
How much will just the interest on that be when it hits 20 trillion?
Who will still accept a dollar in payment for goods or services if it's allowed to continue?

How many trillions will this government take this country to satisfy their 'one world' drug-dream? Other countries need to learn to support themselves. That would include Mexico. And, it can't be off of ameri-fare or drug sales, either. We need reforms,
other countries need reforms, they're long overdue, and we can start by excusing ourselves from paying child support for half of Mexico, or god knows what other sort of support they've signed us up for. Frankly, I'm all for drug-testing in Congress. Put that on C-span! LOLOL "I'm sorry, Sen. Jones, you'll have to come with us..." ROTF Put DOWN the magic checkbook, and slowly back away...now, some people will say it's un-christian not to support all the starving waifs from country X...but I say it's un-christian not to TEACH the X'ians how to manage their own population so they don't have 10 mouths for every food bowl. Such has also been the fate of Mexico...the catholics have said 'go forth and multiply'....and they're apparently really good listeners! LOL
Too bad they didn't catch that 'give a man a fish...' part...

We have a poverty-stricken, corrupt southern neighbor. They need reforms, but so do we to the extent that we've become reliant on illegal methods with which to do our business.
There's corruption in america, too, look no further than Enron for evidence of that, and honest people are harder and harder to find, it seems.

At any rate, reform's the answer, here. Too many people doing ABsolutely nothing, and getting paid for it, and too many people working and living illegally in our country. If we, as citizens, are expected to follow the law, can the same not be asked of our guests? Apparently not. Evidence of a disconnect between our representation and the day to day lives that people lead, the obstacles they face in paying ever-mounting bills, at any rate, there's a visible gap, there. That gap is not filled by introducing millions of illegal laborers into the situation, it's filled by actually listening to the voters. It would appear that that is finally starting to happen.

Answer 2

Catcher contained interior the Rye- JD Salinger Animal Farm- George Orwell 1984- George- Orwell The Scarlet Letter- Nathaniel Hawthorne on the line- Jack Kerouac Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury Wuthering Heights- Emily Brontë

Answer 3

No, but do you see how the mexican government tried to influence this to make it palatable?

Every time a crime is committed by an illegal, our anger is renewed. It, except for the presence of the illegal criminal, would never have happened.

The illegal influence has buried far too many legal Americans....has caused grief and pain for too many legal Americans...has created chaos in the lives of those whose identities have been stolen....

The mexican gangs run amok....tens of thousands sprinkled all over our land.

Should legal Americans fight for our country?

Absolutely!

Are the criminal trespassers worth the cost? Not even up for discussion...

Deportation is the answer...the ONLY answer.

Answer 4

ok, what was interesting was that was a study prepared for the Mexican Consulate to show that they "only" cost that much, and then arguing that their buying power should be taken into account (as if Americans in those jobs would have had no buying power).

I couldn't read it all right now, but I bookmarked it and will go back to it.

Thanks for the link!

Answer 5

Criminal trespassers should not be given any benefits by must be punished in prison.

Answer 6

with a birth rate that included all residents at 13% increase and the mexicans increased 816% what do you think?

Answer 7

SIXTY PAGES, COME ON!!! Didn't think much of it.

To all you people who read this. Obviously you have way too much time on your hands. Get jobs and stop worrying about immigrants. I support you losers with my taxes.

Answer 8

no

if you oust one people for another it's not worth it

Answer 9

I mean seriously, there are so many numbers being thrown around it's hard to actually gauge the impact. If you want I can give you some statistics as well. Here for your reading pleasure...they all come with links of course.

Myths

Immigrants don’t pay taxes

Immigrants pay taxes, in the form of income, property, sales, and taxes at the federal and state level. As far as income tax payments go, sources vary in their accounts, but a range of studies find that immigrants pay between $90 and $140 billion a year in federal, state, and local taxes. Undocumented immigrants pay income taxes as well, as evidenced by the Social Security Administration’s “suspense file” (taxes that cannot be matched to workers’ names and social security numbers), which grew by $20 billion between 1990 and 1998

(Source: http://www.immigrationforum.org/about/articles/tax_study.htm)

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Immigrants come here to take welfare

Immigrants come to work and reunite with family members. Immigrant labor force participation is consistently higher than native-born, and immigrant workers make up a larger share of the U.S. labor force (12.4%) than they do the U.S. population (11.5%). Moreover, the ratio between immigrant use of public benefits and the amount of taxes they pay is consistently favorable to the U.S. In one estimate, immigrants earn about $240 billion a year, pay about $90 billion a year in taxes, and use about $5 billion in public benefits. In another cut of the data, immigrant tax payments total $20 to $30 billion more than the amount of government services they use.

(Source: “Questioning Immigration Policy – Can We Afford to Open Our Arms?”, Friends Committee on National Legislation Document #G-606-DOM, January 25, 1996. http:www.fas.org/pub/gen/fcnl/immigra.html)

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Immigrants send all their money back to their home countries

In addition to the consumer spending of immigrant households, immigrants and their businesses contribute $162 billion in tax revenue to U.S. federal, state, and local governments. While it is true that immigrants remit billions of dollars a year to their home countries, this is one of the most targeted and effective forms of direct foreign investment.

(Source: http://www.cato.org/research/articles/griswold-020218.html.)

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Immigrants take jobs and opportunity away from Americans

The largest wave of immigration to the U.S. since the early 1900s coincided with our lowest national unemployment rate and fastest economic growth. Immigrant entrepreneurs create jobs for U.S. and foreign workers, and foreign-born students allow many U.S. graduate programs to keep their doors open. While there has been no comprehensive study done of immigrant-owned businesses, we have countless examples: in Silicon Valley, companies begun by Chinese and Indian immigrants generated more than $19.5 billion in sales and nearly 73,000 jobs in 2000.

(Source: Richard Vedder, Lowell Gallaway, and Stephen Moore, Immigration and Unemployment: New Evidence, Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, Arlington, VA (Mar. 1994), p. 13.

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Immigrants are a drain on the U.S. economy

During the 1990s, half of all new workers were foreign-born, filling gaps left by native-born workers in both the high- and low-skill ends of the spectrum. Immigrants fill jobs in key sectors, start their own businesses, and contribute to a thriving economy. The net benefit of immigration to the U.S. is nearly $10 billion annually. As Alan Greenspan points out, 70% of immigrants arrive in prime working age. That means we haven’t spent a penny on their education, yet they are transplanted into our workforce and will contribute $500 billion toward our social security system over the next 20 years

(Source: Andrew Sum, Mykhaylo Trubskyy, Ishwar Khatiwada, et al., Immigrant Workers in the New England Labor Market: Implications for Workforce Development Policy, Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, Prepared for the New England Regional Office, the Employment and Training Administration, and the U.S. Department of Labor, Boston, Massachusetts, October 2002.

http://www.nupr.neu.edu/1102/immigration.PDF#search='center%20for%20labor%20market%20studies%20at%20Northeastern%20University%20studies')

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Immigrants don’t want to learn English or become Americans

Within ten years of arrival, more than 75% of immigrants speak English well; moreover, demand for English classes at the adult level far exceeds supply. Greater than 33% of immigrants are naturalized citizens; given increased immigration in the 1990s, this figure will rise as more legal permanent residents become eligible for naturalization in the coming years. The number of immigrants naturalizing spiked sharply after two events: enactment of immigration and welfare reform laws in 1996, and the terrorist attacks in 2001.

(Source: American Immigration Lawyers Association, “Myths & Facts in the Immigration Debate”, 8/14/03. http://www.aila.org/contentViewer.aspx?bc=17,142#section4)

(Source: Simon Romero and Janet Elder, “Hispanics in the US Report Optimism” New York Times, (Aug. 6, 2003).

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Today’s immigrants are different than those of 100 years ago

The percentage of the U.S. population that is foreign-born now stands at 11.5%; in the early 20th century it was approximately 15%. Similar to accusations about today’s immigrants, those of 100 years ago initially often settled in mono-ethnic neighborhoods, spoke their native languages, and built up newspapers and businesses that catered to their fellow émigrés. They also experienced the same types of discrimination that today’s immigrants face, and integrated within American culture at a similar rate. If we view history objectively, we remember that every new wave of immigrants has been met with suspicion and doubt and yet, ultimately, every past wave of immigrants has been vindicated and saluted.

(Source: Census Data: http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/c2kprof00-us.pdf,http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/censr-4.pdf )

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Most immigrants cross the border illegally

Around 75% of today’s immigrants have legal permanent (immigrant) visas; of the 25% that are undocumented, 40% overstayed temporary (non-immigrant) visas.

(Source: Department of Homeland Security (http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/index.htm)

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Weak U.S. border enforcement has lead to high undocumented immigration

From 1986 to 1998, the Border Patrol’s budget increased six-fold and the number of agents stationed on our southwest border doubled to 8,500. The Border Patrol also toughened its enforcement strategy, heavily fortifying typical urban entry points and pushing migrants into dangerous desert areas, in hopes of deterring crossings. Instead, the undocumented immigrant population doubled in that timeframe, to 8 million—despite the legalization of nearly 3 million immigrants after the enactment of the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986. Insufficient legal avenues for immigrants to enter the U.S., compared with the number of jobs in need of workers, has significantly contributed to this current conundrum.

(Source: Immigration and Naturalization website: http://www.ncjrs.org/ondcppubs/publications/enforce/border/ins_3.html)

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The war on terrorism can be won through immigration restrictions

No security expert since September 11th, 2001 has said that restrictive immigration measures would have prevented the terrorist attacks—instead, the key is effective use of good intelligence. Most of the 9/11 hijackers were here on legal visas. Since 9/11, the myriad of measures targeting immigrants in the name of national security have netted no terrorism prosecutions. In fact, several of these measures could have the opposite effect and actually make us less safe, as targeted communities of immigrants are afraid to come forward with information.

(Source: Associated Press/Dow Jones Newswires, “US Senate Subcommittee Hears Immigration Testimony”, Oct. 17, 2001.)

(Source: Cato Institute: “Don’t Blame Immigrants for Terrorism”, Daniel Griswold, Assoc. Director of Cato Institute’s Center for Trade Policy Studies (see: http://www.cato.org/dailys/10-23-01.html)

Now who are we to believe? yours? mine? theirs? As you can see anyone can drum up numbers which technically don't mean squat.