Thread: The Collateral Damage Of Illegal Immigration

Exclusive: The Collateral Damage Of Illegal Immigration

Author: The Editors
Source: The Family Security Foundation, Inc.
Date: March 7, 2007



Bottom line, illegal immigration costs America hundreds of billions of dollars yet not one in government - no agency and no person - is tracking this outrage against American taxpayers who annually are raped, murdered, infected, molested and killed in accidents caused by these intruders. All this...to save a few cents on a head of lettuce? You gotta be kidding!



The Collateral Damage Of Illegal Immigration
By The Editors


The illegal immigration series has attempted to highlight The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration that the mainstream media and politicians ignore, and bring to light the massive amount of collateral damage Americans suffer who are being ripped off, infected, molested, killed, and murdered as a result of our out of control immigration policies. This section contains a summary of the collateral damage highlighted in the series along with the annual costs when known. Before we do that, however, let us remember how we arrived at this point.

On September 11, 2001, a handful of illegal alien terrorists with a plan and the will to carry out that plan, killed 2,752 Americans. The Center for Contemporary Conflict notes in Economic Costs to the United States Stemming From the 9/11 Attacks:

“The September 11 attacks inflicted casualties and material damages on a far greater scale than any other terrorist aggression in recent history. Lower Manhattan lost approximately 30 percent of its office space and a number of businesses ceased to exist. Close to 200,000 jobs were destroyed or relocated out of New York City, at least temporarily. The destruction of physical assets was estimated in the national accounts to amount to $14 billion for private businesses, $1.5 billion for state and local government enterprises and $0.7 billion for federal enterprises. Rescue, cleanup and related costs have been estimated to amount to at least $11 billion for a total direct cost of $27.2 billion.”

The report goes on:

· Insurance. The losses from the terrorist attacks for the insurance industry (including reinsurance) are estimated at between $30 and $58 billion with the main uncertainty concerning liability insurance. …Following the attacks, most primary insurers have increased their premiums and curtailed or dropped altogether coverage for terrorism-related risk. …Overall it is estimated that commercial property and liability insurance rates have been raised by 30 percent on average.

· Airlines. The United States' airline industry was already in a weak financial position before the attacks with rising debt ratios and falling returns on investment. Even with cutbacks in service of the order of 20 percent and significant government support, airline passenger traffic has apparently remained below normal, 100,000 layoffs have been announced and employment in October and November fell by 81,000 (almost 8 percent). Equity valuations compared to the overall market illustrate these difficulties. The U.S. airline sector has lost around 20 percent of its relative value since September 10.

· Tourism and Other Service Industries. Other industries have also been badly affected, such as hotels, tourism, automobile rentals, travel agents, and civilian aircraft manufactures. For example, hotels have reported higher vacancy rates and employment in the sector as a whole fell by 58,000 (about 3 percent) in October and November. Relative equity values for hotels and leisure facilities are off by around 15 percent.

· Increases in security and military spending. …Additional spending of $48 billion was proposed for national defense (an increase of 14 percent from the previous year). In addition the President asked Congress for an appropriation of $38 billion for homeland security, compared to $20 billion spent in 2001.

Note that the numbers do not count the cost of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Regardless, considering the number of people carrying out the attack, the number of people killed, and the economic damage inflicted, it was probably the most successful attack in world history.

In the first of this series where we discussed terrorism, we detailed the fact that our open borders and the lack of a REAL ID will facilitate the next attack by illegal alien terrorists. Next time, though, the costs - human and economic - could be far, far greater. Rather than using planes, imagine a nuke detonated in NYC and/or another major US metropolis…or several. Tens if not hundreds of blocks would be utterly decimated in each case – everything within the “kill” zone, and the city could be rendered uninhabitable for years, if not decades.

The collateral damage from illegal alien terrorists is just one aspect of The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration. As this series has detailed, there are many other aspects which are occurring right now, today, in your own communities and which could deeply affect you and your family. All of this collateral damage has personal and economic costs attached to it.

This series has not even attempted to cover all the damage but has merely focused on the damage with tragic personal consequences. A summary of the dark side of illegal immigration and the resulting costs, when known, is as follows. Note that many of the costs are unknown because NO ONE IS TRACKING IT, and some of the costs are future costs that will be imposed on America due to our lax enforcement and security today.

DARK SIDE of ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
YEARLY

COSTS

45,008 illegal aliens from countries on the U.S. list of state-sponsors of terror, or from countries that protected terrorist organizations and their members, were released into the general public between 2001 and 2005 despite the fact that DHS couldn’t confirm their identity. Ultimate costs are unknown. Remember 9/11?
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The Border Patrol arrested 39,215 “other-than-Mexicans,” along the Southwest border. In 2004, the number jumped to 65,814. DHS admits they catch only an estimated 1/3 of the border crossers. Ultimate collateral damage costs of the ones not caught are unknown.
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Some sources say that bin Laden purchased several suitcase nukes from the Chechen rebels in 1996. Allegedly several of these weapons have been forward deployed to the US in preparation for al Qaeda’s next attack on American soil. Ultimate costs are unknown.
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According to two trainers at an anti-terrorism conference, preparations are well underway in Islamic terrorist camps for attacks on American schools that will bring “rivers of blood and staggering body counts.” Ultimate costs are unknown.
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Illegal aliens are deeply involved in identity fraud. Costs are unknown.
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Illegal aliens are involved in a plethora of other criminal activities including crimes involving methamphetamine, cocaine, home invasion, auto insurance fraud, life insurance fraud, food stamp fraud, mortgage fraud, auto theft, drug trafficking, prostitution, and counterfeiting documents. Costs are unknown.


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At the end of 2003, approximately 267,000 illegal aliens were incarcerated in U.S. correctional facilities.
$6.8B

Mac Johnson estimates that illegal aliens murder between 1,806 and 2,510 people in the U.S. annually, an average of 2,158 murders. (Representative Steve King states illegal aliens are responsible for 4,380 murders annually.)
$8.4 B

According to FBI Estimates on Number of Arrests in 2005 in the United States and applying a straight 5% of population representation, illegal aliens would have committed 704,709 crimes in 2005. Based on an average of $25,000 per crime, the costs would be $17.6 billion. Some estimates have their involvement much higher.
$17.6B

Based on a GAO report of 55,322 illegal aliens incarcerated in federal, state, and local facilities during 2003 and extrapolating the average number of offenses out across all 267,000 incarcerated illegal alien criminals results in some 1,288,619 crimes against Americans. Based on an average of $25,000 per crime, the costs would be $32.2 billion. Another estimated 240,000 criminal illegal aliens are not incarcerated.


$32.2B

Professor David Anderson reports that the net annual burdened costs of crime, in 2006 dollars, is $1.62 TRILLION. A 5% illegal alien participation rate would be $81 BILLION. Several studies indicate the participation of illegal aliens is much higher than their representation in the population.
$81B

80,000 to 100,000 illegal aliens who have been convicted of serious crimes still walk the streets. As previously noted, based on studies, those illegal alien criminals will commit 13 offenses each, and will be arrested 8 times each. Total costs are unknown.
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An estimated 2,258,550 pounds of cocaine annually makes it through the southern border with an estimated street value conservatively estimated at $72.2 BILLION. Resulting costs of the associated crime is unknown. Assume 50% is paid for through criminal activity.
$36.1B

There are currently over 400,000 unaccounted-for illegal alien criminals with outstanding deportation orders. Those are just the ones who were apprehended. At least one fourth of these are hard core criminals. Resulting costs are unknown.
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Researcher Deborah Schurman-Kauflin Ph.D. of the Violent Crimes Institute, reports that the illegal alien population includes 240,000 sex offenders – a “conservative estimate.” Based on studies, they will commit 130,909 sex crimes annually. Using $50,000 as the average total economic impact, resulting costs are:


$6.5B

63% of the sexual crimes, 82,473 victims, were committed by previously deported perverts who returned to commit the same crimes. Using $50,000 as the average total economic impact, this would be $4.1 BILLION - more than the cost of a proper border fence along the southern border, we might add.


$4.1B

Operation Predator resulted in 6,085 child predator arrests. Some pedophile statistics report that each pedophile molests an average of 148 children. If so, that could be as many as 900,580 victims. Resulting costs are unknown.
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Gangs Or Us estimates that the violent gang MS-13 has over 15,000 members and associates in at least 115 different cliques in 33 states, and these numbers are continually increasing. Resulting costs are unknown, but our crime rate is up due to street gangs.
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In one report, mostly illegal alien Hispanics were involved in 25% of fatal traffic accidents, an astounding 5 times greater participation as their representation in the population. In those accidents, 75% of the drivers had no auto insurance, nearly all of the vehicles driven by migrants were registered to other drivers, and 93% of the vehicles had false out-of-state tags. Resulting costs are unknown.


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Illegal aliens are often involved in DWIs at a rate that is 3-6 times greater than their representation in the population. Resulting costs are unknown.
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At a 5% representation, illegal aliens are responsible for 844 alcohol-related fatalities. Data suggests their participation is actually far higher. (Rep. King states that illegal aliens are responsible for 4,745 alcohol-related fatalities annually. If so, that would 5.6 times more deaths as they represent in the population.) Resulting costs are unknown.


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Based on NHTSA data and a 5% participation rate, illegals are responsible for 309,050 accidents, 2,132 deaths, 139,400 injuries, and a cost of $11.5 billion. Data suggest their involvement is much higher, maybe 3-5 times higher.
$11.5B

Half of all children born to Hispanic Americans in 2002 were illegitimate, twice the rate for American whites and 42 percent higher than the overall American rate. Rates are suspected of being even higher for Hispanic illegal aliens. Resulting costs are unknown.
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There are an estimated 5.1 million ESL students in the USA. If 90% of the ESL students are children of illegal aliens then the education costs for children of illegal aliens is about $34.5 billion per year.
$34.5B

Many illegal aliens are carrying horrific third world diseases. In the 40 years prior to 2002, there were only 900 total cases of leprosy in the US. In the following three years there have been 9,000 cases. TB is epidemic in many illegal alien communities and a new Multiple-Drug-Resistant (MDR) TB is spreading. Each person infected with TB will infect 10 others. Treating a single case of MDR TB costs between $250,000 and $1,200,000 per person. Resulting costs are unknown.


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Between March 2000 and March 2005, only 9 percent of the net increase in jobs for adults went to people born in the US but natives accounted for 61 percent of the net increase in the overall size of the 18- to 64-year-old population. The jobs were taken mostly by illegal aliens, displacing native born Americans. Resulting costs are unknown.


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The National Academy of Sciences reported that from 1980 to 1995 there was a 44% decline in the real wages of high school dropouts as a result of immigration. This affects Black and Hispanic Americans the greatest and is a great contributor to the high unemployment rate in this segment of the population. Resulting costs are unknown.


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Harvard Professor George Borjas has reported that illegal aliens displaced American workers at a cost in excess of $133 billion dollars in 2005.
$133B

The Wall Street investment firm Bear Stearns states we are losing $35 billion a year in income tax collections from jobs that are now off the books.
$35B

National Academy of Sciences study estimated that immigration’s net benefit to the American economy is only $10 billion. This item is included to illustrate one of the very few real economic benefits of tolerating illegal aliens. Most of the other benefits of illegal aliens “doing the work that Americans won’t” at lower wages goes into the pockets of their employers.


-$10B

A Rice University study calculated that in 2006 the net annual cost of legal and illegal immigration will add up to $108 billion. Illegal immigration is about half the total.
$54B

The population of the USA recently crossed the 300,000,000. At the present growth rate, it will hit 400 million as early as 2029 and about 500 million in 2050. And if things don’t change real fast, maybe even a Billion by 2075. Additional infrastructure costs will be in the TRILLIONS.
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Immigration will account for 96 percent of the future increase in the school-age population over the next 50 years. Cost to the infrastructure is unknown.
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A recent report notes that illegals sent an estimated $45 Billion south in 2006, which was up from an estimated $30 Billion in 2004. That money leaving the economy does not produce secondary jobs here. Using a 2:1 money multiplier, that is $90 billion removed from the American economy.


$90B

A Census Bureau study estimates that households headed by illegal aliens used $10 billion more in government services than they paid in taxes in 2002. These figures are only for the federal government; costs at the state and local level are also significant. The study also finds that if illegal aliens were given amnesty, the fiscal deficit at the federal level would grow by nearly $29 billion.


$10-29B

Jonathan Weisman of the Washington Post states “The Senate’s embattled immigration bill would raise government spending by as much as $126 billion over the next decade,
$12.6B





While some of the costs summarized above are subsets, e.g. cost of the murders as part of the cost of crime, as you can see that the economic costs of tolerating illegal immigration is, well, intolerable. You are paying for it in terms of higher taxes at all levels, greater insurance premiums, increased health care expense, and on and on.

Some estimates place the net costs of each illegal alien in the country at $50,000 – $100,000. Looking only at the low end, then, we see that 12 million illegals cost us an additional $600 billion dollars (12,000,000 X $50,000 = $600,000,000,000). When all the indirect costs are factored in, it is probably even higher. In any case, it is a cost that YOU are funding out of your tax dollars, while some Americans pay for it with their lives.

And all this…to save ten cents on a head of lettuce?



C’mon America…this is YOUR problem and only YOU can clean it up. Your elected officials will not do this unless you tell them to. Go here to register your complaint. Your thoughts matter.



OR:



Go to www.securedbordersusa.com and sign the petition which must be notarized. And then to send it to all your family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers who are fed up with illegal immigration and ask them to sign it, too.

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I just sent this article to all my Reps. With statistics like these, I don't think you can bury you head in the sand anymore!!


This is beyond sickening...