Thread: Illegal immigrant population difficult to determine

Sunday, October 25, 2009 1:30 a.m.
Illegal immigrant population difficult to determine
By DIANA SROKA - dsroka@nwherald.com
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The number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. is rising. The number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. is declining. Eight million. Ten million. Thirteen million.

There are as many statistics about the illegal immigrant population here as there are opinions about how to handle it. In McHenry County, narrowing that number is even tougher.

“It’s like an invisible population,â€

They don't ask about citizenship to educate the illegals' offspring, they don't ask about citizenship to give them medical treatments, and the cops don't ask about citizenship...but they sure as heck do have a way to track whether American citizens pay taxes to support these invaders, don't they?

Originally Posted by PatrioticMe

They don't ask about citizenship to educate the illegals' offspring, they don't ask about citizenship to give them medical treatments, and the cops don't ask about citizenship...but they sure as heck do have a way to track whether American citizens pay taxes to support these invaders, don't they?

And they sure find it easy to track one individual cow when hoof and mouth breaks out. But we don't know how many illegals we have, we don't know if people leave after their visa expires and we have no way of tracking non-citizens who are in our country.

Only proof of residency within district boundaries is required. A utility bill, apartment lease or piece of mail will suffice.

This same process is used for voter registration!