Thread: Reports Says Illegal Aliens Costing Mississippi Taxpayers

Reports Says Illegal Aliens Costing Mississippi Taxpayers

02/6/2014

State Auditor Phil Bryant's report estimates 49,000 illegal immigrants in the state, costing over $25 million.

"It's the first time anyone in the State of Mississippi has tried to look at illegal immigrants and what it costs the taxpayer," Bryant said.

The report takes into account contributions from illegal aliens who pay more than $40 million in sales tax and more than $3 million in income tax each year.

But the estimated costs are more than $69 million. That includes everything from education and healthcare to public safety and losses from income sent out of the country.

Only one illegal alien bill remains alive in the legislature. It would allow Mississippi to cancel any state contract with a company using illegal workers.
"I think we need to slow down the headlines, slow down the hype," Rep. John Reeves said.

Reeves says he'll support the bill that's now in his committee, but he wants people to realize the contribution to the economy made by immigrants and sometimes illegal immigrants.

"All you have to do is go to the Gulf Coast for about two hours and see who is building Mississippi down there. Who's doing the grunt work."

Reeves would like to see a guest worker system for immigrant workers, allowing them to come and go while still paying taxes.

Bryant admits his report isn't exact and now wants state agencies to help keep tabs on illegal aliens.

"We need to continue to track that with additional information year after year and see what growth pattern is going to be and then how we deal with that additional cost," Bryant said.

And that could mean asking congress for more money or joining other states and passing legislation to strengthen federal immigration laws.

You can find the entire illegal alien report on the State Auditor's website, www.osa.state.ms.us.

http://www.wlox.com/story/4559381/re...ippi-taxpayers

"All you have to do is go to the Gulf Coast for about two hours and see who is building Mississippi down there. Who's doing the grunt work."

And why is that? Are they doing the work Americans won't do? Of course not, they're much cheaper labor. Duh!

Originally Posted by Newmexican

The report takes into account contributions from illegal aliens who pay more than $40 million in sales tax and more than $3 million in income tax each year.

But the estimated costs are more than $69 million. That includes everything from education and healthcare to public safety and losses from income sent out of the country.

Only one illegal alien bill remains alive in the legislature. It would allow Mississippi to cancel any state contract with a company using illegal workers.

This report is welcome, but it doesn't take into account the dollars that illegals earn doing jobs which Americans would be glad to get. All that "grunt work" that illegals do, well my mates and I - and the older guys in the neighborhood - did all of them. So what we actually need is Universal E-Verify. That'll eliminate the jobs lure.

Let's keep in mind that "temporary workers" don't go home. What they do is sneak their families in to our country. In effect, we're paying them to colonize us, and we don't even need them.

From Wikipedia: In 1994 and until her death in 1996, [black congress woman] Barbara Jordan chaired the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, which advocated increased restriction of immigration, called for all U.S. residents to carry a national identity card and increased penalties on employers that violated U.S. immigration regulations.^[6][7] Then-President Clinton endorsed the Jordan Commission's proposals.^[8]

Jordan studied the immigration issue, at President Clinton's request. She learned that temporary workers don't go home and that the jobs that they do become associated in the public mind with foreigners.
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