Virginia to study impact of illegal immigration on crime.
RICHMOND, Va. The Virginia State Crime Commission is setting up a task force to study the effect of illegal immigration on the state's criminal justice system.
The 16-member group will examine crimes by and against illegal immigrants in Virginia and tabulate the financial impact of those crimes.
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2007-04-04 02:41:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Some states alreay know the "cost" of this so called "cheap labor "
The $1.3 billion in costs incurred by Arizona taxpayers is comprised of outlays in the following areas:
Education. Based on estimates of the illegal immigrant population in Arizona and documented costs of K-12 schooling, Arizonans spend approximately $820 million annually on education for illegal immigrant children and for their U.S.-born siblings.
Health Care. Uncompensated medical outlays for health care provided to the state’s illegal alien population is now estimated at about $400 million a year.
Incarceration. The cost of incarcerating illegal aliens in Arizona prisons and jails amounts to about $80 million a year (not including the monetary costs of the crimes that led to their incarceration).
The unauthorized immigrant population pays some state and local taxes that go toward offsetting these costs, but they do not come near to matching the expenses. The total of such payments might generously be estimated at $257 million per year.
The fiscal costs of illegal immigration do not end with these three major cost items. The total costs of illegal immigration to the state’s taxpayers would be considerably higher if other costs such as special English instruction, school nutrition programs, or welfare benefits for American workers displaced by illegal alien workers were added into the equation
2007-04-04 04:15:52 · answer #1 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Sure, all states should consider doing a study as so, but they won't. States like New York, in which New York City is a sanctuary city, won't do such a study because they do not want the people to know the "truth" about illegal immigration. They just want people to stay in the dark regarding it, basically having the attitude of "don't ask, don't tell."
2007-04-04 13:40:05 · answer #2 · answered by Terry H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A study has been proposed by Senator Chris Lauzen in Illinois. However, Congressman Luis Gutierrez, Senator Dick Durbin, Senator Barack Obama, Governor Rod Blagojevich and even Mayor Richard Daley are supporters of Illegal immigration. Obama has the support of many foreign corporations -- how do you think he raised all his money? He is supported by illegal immigrant supporters and foreign corporations who want to take over the country. So, not only should we do a study of the costs, but we should do a study of the Contributors to illegal immigration activities and do an analysis of campaign contributions and expose them. We can do this on this site since the newspapers won't print and the TV won't broadcast. Oh, and do you know who owns our TV stations and a growing number of our newspapers? Hint -- It's not American Owned Corporations!
2007-04-04 11:31:45 · answer #3 · answered by MH/Citizens Protecting Rights! 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, all states should do a similar study, but they won't do it. There are several sanctuary states for illegal aliens, CA, MD, Illinois, New Mexico, and they love illegal aliens. US taxpayers are subsizing the giant multinational corporations by providing social serives to the poor illegal immigrants who work the millions of jobs in this country that provide no benefits and very low pay. Because the US lets in millions of immigrants every year, the wages of the average American worker have gone down since 2000.
2007-04-04 11:12:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Why do groups waste millions of dollars on a study when they already know what the answer is? Illegal aliens cause crime! This is a no-brainer!
2007-04-04 11:31:45 · answer #5 · answered by JessicaRabbit 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yep.
It is amazing the conspiracy of silence there has been on the issue. European press has even outright come out and said they don't publish 'sensational statistics' about immigration because they don't want to 'cause trouble'. Well, if noone will discuss it, we can't solve it, now can we?
2007-04-04 11:25:05 · answer #6 · answered by DAR 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
They're just going to find out what they already know...
Illegals are responsible for more violence, murder and such here than any other group of people.
If they don't want to be grouped, they should make an attempt to be civilized.
2007-04-04 11:01:13 · answer #7 · answered by Peach 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋