Thread: The Big Lie: Illegal Immigration Benefits Americans

By Jim Kouri Tuesday, February 24, 2009


It’s been widely reported that illegal aliens comprise upwards of 27 percent of the US prison and jail population. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection—two agencies within the Department of Homeland Security—claim in several reports that they’ve apprehended over 100,000 criminal aliens whose offenses go far beyond violation of immigration laws and regulations.

Sadly, only about 25 percent of expenses for imprisoning criminal aliens is reimbursed by the federal government to state and local governments. This creates a hardship for taxpayers in states with high incarceration rates for criminal aliens. The proponents of open borders or lax immigration enforcement always point to the benefits derived from illegal immigration such as the amount of taxes they pay into the government system. Evidence, however, exists that refutes those claims. For instance, there is an abundance of anecdotal evidence that suggests a large number of illegal aliens are paid “off-the-booksâ€

383.3 billion of our tax dollars was spent last year to accomodate health care, education and incarceration for illegals. They pay no taxes and if amnestied in, their empoyers will fire them and/orunless the employers will continue to pay them under the table. In which case, they will pay no taxes.

The cost of illegals far surpasses any possible benefit of having them here.

The problem isn’t about the need for new laws; the problem is about the lack of enforcement of existing laws.

AMEN!!!

Originally Posted by ReggieMay

The problem isn’t about the need for new laws; the problem is about the lack of enforcement of existing laws.

AMEN!!!

Yes.