Thread: Opposing illegal immigration and wanting the laws enforced is not un-American

Opposing illegal immigration and wanting the laws enforced is not un-American.

It's time to set the record straight on what is un-American, illegal is un-American.

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ImmigrationCounters.com informs the public of the realities of illegal immigration while challenging the
myths and misinformation surrounding it. After decades of passively watching this problem grow, most
Americans are now more aware of the severity of this issue.

Our government has demonstrated a complete lack of urgency to control illegal immigration both on the
borders and within the interior. Because of this failure, that which traditionally had been the American
way of welcoming immigration is now dividing the country. Opposing illegal immigration and wanting the
laws enforced is not un-American.

It's time to set the record straight on what is un-American, illegal is un-American.

The issue of illegal immigration doesn't need more laws, studies or debates, it needs leadership and
enforcement. America doesn't need immigration reform, it needs leadership reform.

Because our government has failed to enforce the existing immigration laws, why should anyone be
confident they'll do so with expanded immigration reform? Because of these failures, legislators have
been addressing the problems at their local levels with bills to manage it incrementally, piece-by-piece,
rather than trying to fix the national problem at once--an impossible task.

What most Americans expect is to have our borders secure, enforcement of the existing laws within the
interior, meaningful punishment of employers who hire illegally and removal of incentives like birthright
citizenship's and public school enrollments.

We must also address the fact that we're soft on criminals caught in crimes and aren't deported. No other
country would allow this to continue. 40% of them entered the country legally and overstayed their visas.
Yet there's still no reliable method to verify if Visa overstays have left the country.

Another incentive that must be addressed is the birthright citizenship program that has resulted in millions
of children and parents receiving instant rights and benefits. Some have called them "GPS babies" and this
certainly cannot be what the authors of the 14th Amendment intended to occur.

Public housing and other benefits are provided for the illegal parents through their 'anchor children' while
citizens are turned away because of limited resources. This antiquated program must end.

Government agencies and officials at all levels must address the costs associated with this kind of abuse.
Past mistakes have been made in attempts to fix illegal immigration and our communities can no longer afford
these kinds of mistakes.

ImmigrationCounters.com provides real-time data clock counter on the key numbers and events related to illegal
immigration in the United States. Using the latest government and private sources, research and analysis
trending data is factored at their individual rates of increase.

ImmigrationCounters.com supports legal immigration and respect for all humanity yet highlights the significant impact
of illegal immigration in America.

For information about the research behind the individual counters click here http://immigrationcounters.com/datasource.html.

Illegal Aliens in Country	26,346,778
Other Than Mexican (OTM) in Country	704,722
Money Wired to Mexico Since Jan 2006	$21,616,580,855.00
Money Wired to Latin America Since 2001	$214,925,504,906.00
Cost of Social Services Since 1996	$397,440,391,060.00
Children of Illegals in Public Schools	7,005,316
Cost of Illegals in K-12 Since 1996	$151,966,188,243.00
Illegal Aliens Incarcerated	581,855
Cost of Incarcerations Since 2008	$21,023,463,507.00
Illegal Alien Fugitives	919,756
Anchor Babies Since 2002	4,815,652
Skilled Jobs Provided to Illegal Aliens	14,719,592

Thank you Lorrie! Wow, what a great report. Personally, I believe the OTM number is too low. I think that number is much higher, but I realize how they came up with it is about the best method available. The OTM number has skyrocketed in the past 4 years in my opinion, especially from China and Central America. People also need to realize that with 14 million illegal aliens in the work force, that means 14 million Americans are not in the work force and the cost of social services for those unemployed Americans must be noted as an additional cost of social services caused by illegal immigration. So that number is actually twice what is shown when you count the Americans impoverished by this problem. The cost of illegal immigration to the federal government alone over the years is in the trillions and in my opinion the single largest cause of our astronomical national debt.