Are Illegals a Drain on America's resources????

Question

Everyone that WANTS a site for details on Illegals. http://immigrationcounters.com/?gclid=COn-nNz86okCFRTWJAod209TbQ. I know the whiners will still cry foul but here it is.

Antis Suck: You lost your account? Maybe because you are RACIST. Nice buzz word isn't it.

Answer 1

Yes.
1st Qtr INS/FBI Statistical Report on Illegal Immigration.

Work Paid Under the Table - No Taxes
> 62% of all "undocumented immigrants" (illegal aliens) in the United States are working for cash and not paying taxes;
> Those working illegal aliens who are paying taxes are doing so by use of stolen social security numbers, a felony.

Crime
> 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens;
> 83% of warrants for murder in Phoenix are for illegal aliens;
> 86% of warrants for murder in Albuquerque are for illegal aliens;
> 75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Albuquerque are illegal aliens;
> 24.9% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally;
> 40.1% of all inmates in Arizona detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally;
> 48.2% of all inmates in New Mexico detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally;
> 29% (630,000) convicted illegal alien felons fill our state and federal prisons at a cost of $1.6 billion annually;
> More than 53% of all investigated burglaries reported in California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Texas are perpetrated by illegal aliens;
> More than half of all gang members in Los Angeles are illegal aliens from south of the border;

Car Thefts/ Traffic Violations
> More than 71% of all apprehended cars stolen in 2005 in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California were stolen by illegal aliens or transport coyotes";
> 47% of cited/stopped drivers in California have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 47%, 92% are illegal aliens;
> 63% of cited/stopped drivers in Arizona have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 63%, 97% are illegal aliens;
> 66% of cited/stopped drivers in New Mexico have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 66%, 98% are illegal aliens;

The Cost of Health Benefits
> More than 380,000 "anchor babies" were born in the United States in 2005 were to parents who are illegal aliens; making those 380,000 babies automatically U.S. citizens. 97.2% of all costs concurred from those births were paid by the American taxpayer;
> More than 66% of all births in California are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal whose births were paid for by taxpayers;

The Cost of Welfare
> More than 43% of all Food Stamps issued are to illegal aliens;
> More than 41% of all unemployment checks issued in the United States are to illegal aliens;
> 58% of all Welfare payments in the United States are issued to illegal aliens;
> Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties in the United States are illegal aliens;
> More than 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages.
> Less than 2% of illegal aliens in the United States are picking crops , but 41% are on welfare;

The Cost of Education
> More than 34% of Arizona students in grades 1-12 are illegal aliens;
> More than 24% of Arizona students in grades 1-12 are non-English-speaking;
> More than 39% of California students in grades 1-12 are illegal aliens;
More than 42% of California students in grades 1-12 are non-English-speaking. In Los Angeles County, 5.1 million people speak English. 3.9 million speak Spanish;

Costs to American Tax Payers
> The cost of immigration to the American taxpayer in 1997 was a NET (after subtracting taxes immigrants pay) $70 BILLION a year, [Professor Donald Huddle, Rice University];
> The lifetime fiscal impact (taxes paid minus services used) for the average adult Mexican ILLEGAL alien is $55,000.00 cost to the American taxpayer in a 5-year

Answer 2

Why all they take? Why not give all of the facts like how much they contribute. They pay taxes save labor costs, buy American products, etc. How much does western union make wiring all that money for them? I am sick of people that give only facts they want and by the way anyone can put up a site with anything they want to put on it. I didn't see who these facts came from.
Dogman you are totally wrong about construction. You just must not have the skills. My husband is a supervisor and would never hire an illegal. He works for a company that hires no illegals and no lazy asses. Sorry!

Answer 3

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS NOT A VICTIMLESS CRIME

Apologists for illegal immigration like to paint it as a victimless crime. But in fact, illegal immigration causes substantial harm to American citizens and legal immigrants, particularly those in the most vulnerable sectors of our population--the poor, minorities, and children.

Illegal immigration causes an enormous drain on public funds. The seminal study of the costs of immigration by the National Academy of Sciences found that the taxes paid by immigrants do not cover the cost of services received by them. We cannot provide high quality education, health care, and retirement security for our own people if we continue to bring in endless numbers of poor, unskilled immigrants.

Additionally, job competition by waves of illegal immigrants willing to work at substandard wages and working conditions depresses the wages of American workers, hitting hardest at minority workers and those without high school degrees. Ý

Illegal immigration also contributes to the dramatic population growth overwhelming communities across America--crowding school classrooms, consuming already limited affordable housing, and straining precious natural resources like water, energy, and forestland

Answer 4

A drain for sure. Maybe some of the unemployed could help the immigration problem by working these unwanted jobs. Use it as a step until something more to your liking comes along.

Answer 5

When I saw the question I thought . what a pointless question.. of course they are.
Then I read responses of more people in denial.
Illegal Mexican's link to juliansimon only talks about population growth but doesnt deal with what we are talking about here.

Its a fact people an unrefutable fact that they drain resources.

If it costs more tax dollars to have them here than tax revenue gained by them being here then, that in itself, is proof that illegals are a drain on resources.

And currently more than 2 dollars are spent on them for every one dollar gained. time and time again facts are posted and people who are oblivious, clueless people just ignore them.

Answer 6

of course they are ive lost my last 4 jobs to illegals and cant get a job in construction unless your an illegal

Answer 7

Yes. It's simple math, as others have pointed out. Thanks, Cherokee Rose, for the informative FACTS!

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

the facts are well known....thats why illegals sneak in.

Answer 10

People who want a job get an education and quit your whining. I get sick and tired of people saying they stole my job.

Answer 11

Yes, and they are ruining our children's schools.