It is actually more than 10 times more expensive to keep them. Detailed financial reports indicate it will cost $2.5 TRILLION dollars to keep them here. That will cause the government to have to raise taxes on the middle class.
It is a dozens times less expensive to just send them home. And kindness is the only reason why they haven't been removed. But we are finally finding out "they bite (or knaw off) the hand that feeds them".
2007-07-07 16:37:45 · 17 answers · asked by a bush family member 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
$2.5 Trillion. (U.S. government website)
http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/rector070517.pdf
2007-07-07 16:48:59 · update #1
About social security:
1) Low income people take more out of social security than they put into it.
2) With the immigration bill, foreigners would no longer be allowed to bring over their parents.
3) Because of Clinton, elderly people that legally immigrate here are automatically entitled to Social Security, Medicaid, Food Stamps, and subsidized housing (in most states). Those that are not old enough to collect S.S.I. are entitled to welfare.
4) Historically and legally, who ever "sponsored" a relative to immigrate to the U.S. was legally responsible for paying for their medical bills, housing, and food. That responsibility was handed over to U.S. taxpayers by Bill Clinton. That costs U.S. taxpayers hundreds of billions yearly.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070519160646AA2inBZ
2007-07-07 16:55:18 · update #2
Truthfully, the only thing expensive to send them home is the price of gasoline right now. We will be doing a lot of running back and forth.To get them out and then to pick up another load to go. I will chip in for the gas though.
2007-07-07 16:45:12 · answer #1 · answered by Ava 5 · 10⤊ 3⤋
People think it's probably expensive to remove undocumented workers (nice euphemism for illegal aliens) because everything the government does ends up costing four times more than it should. Look at how much money was wasted on Hurricane Katrina. They bought all these trailers for people to live in, but most were never even sent.
They rented fancy cruise ships, and the lazy people didn't want to leave. You really think they were looking for work while living on a cruise ship? Hundreds of millions of dollars are routinely wasted though government intervention.
Want to know the cheap and effective way to remove illegal aliens? Pass and immediately ENFORCE a law stipulating that any company with illegals on their payroll will be levied a huge fine. We need the fine to be so costly that no company will try to play the odds of getting caught. Without the lure of jobs, millions of Mexicans will immediately begin a run for the border.... this time, Southward.
2007-07-08 08:02:42 · answer #2 · answered by pachl@sbcglobal.net 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The government wants us to believe that it is too costly to send them home. The President and his cronies are going to make a lot of money off this North American Union, if it passes. We need to get all the information we can and work to block the blockheads from this union.
Illegals use up money that can be spent helping legal U.S. citizens when they need it. The welfare system was put in place for people who find themselves in a bind, without a job, injured or ill for long periods of time, left by deadbeat husbands with small children. They should be given the help they need until they get on their feet.
Illegals in sanctuary cities are given all the benefits of legal citizens. Free health care for them and all their children, food stamps, fuel assistance, etc. This is absurd. Send them home now and save trillions of dollars.
2007-07-13 07:37:42 · answer #3 · answered by brenderderder 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
amnesty is not the answer, Ronald Reagan granted amnesty and now there are millions more of illegals. It becomes a vicious cycle. If they are caught they should be sent back. If they want to immigrate, do it legally. Police in some areas of the US have been instructed that they can not even ask their status if they are arrested doing a crime.
2007-07-15 18:15:04 · answer #4 · answered by bob t 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People with a brain don't think it's expensive because they can fathom how much it cost to support these people. It is a NECESSARY expense for the US government to rid itself of these leeches.
Those against the numbers are either in denial of the facts, are making a profit off of this cheap labor, or they are personally involved with an illegal.
2007-07-12 06:30:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
How does their cost compare to how much they contribute to our GNP, how much companies make off of them, not only thru lower labor, but also how much they consume.
They contribute alot more to our economy than most people realize. They buy homes, they buy food, consume goods, clothing, etc. All of which have sales tax, property taxes, etc.
How many local economies would be severly damaged by removing them? Not only loss of labor used, but the decrease in sales, which would lead to the elimination of citizen's jobs in the long run.
2007-07-15 15:04:09 · answer #6 · answered by Kacy H 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Want to see up to the minute numbers on immigration statistics? Follow this link and take a look.
http://www.immigrationcounters.com/
2007-07-08 00:07:55 · answer #7 · answered by HLBellevino 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Because propaganda is easier to believe than the truth. if every business fired the illegals and hired a homeless citizen consider how much better off this country would be.
2007-07-07 23:56:33 · answer #8 · answered by Walking on Sunshine 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
It is expensive, but as you point out, the drain on our resources is even greater. However, people believe it is too expensive or not possible to do because the media keeps reporting it is...without comparing the costs of allowing them to stay.
2007-07-07 23:45:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 3⤋
Have Bob Barker come out of retirement. Have him tell them they just won a new car then, bam ! Deportation.
2007-07-07 23:43:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 3⤋