Why is it that these pro-immigration types don't have any substance for their "debate"?? Rebecca Gomez opened by stating that illegal "immigrants" were good for the US economy and our proof was with the increase of the GDP.

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To: cavuto@foxnews.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 4:28 PM
Subject: Illegal Aliens are NOT GOOD for the Economy!


Rebecca Gomez should have researched this topic before the segment with William Gheen. She, like other pro-immigration open-border supporters, argue that the S.1348 Bill is good for the U.S. economy. While it is true that low-skill illegal aliens enlarge the GDP, the increase in GDP that is attributed to the illegal aliens in the U.S. workforce is small.

What is not stated with this argument is that the illegal aliens themselves capture most of the GDP gain directly through their own wages. In fact, their wages are low enough that the low-skill illegal aliens have negatively affected the net tax burden. An example that has been used to illustrate this: If the average illegal immigrant earns, 30%t of what Americans make, the share of GDP attributable to these workers would be a mere 1.5% (5.0 % times 30 %).

Next time, provide some REAL statistics for the majority of Americans who know better.