Excellent letter Tom! I emailed Tom (see below for address) and asked him to join our discussioins.

August 26, 2007

Do We Spend More On Illegal Aliens Than Legal Ones? - And Response
posted August 26, 2007

The article about Judge Moon's treatment of an illegal alien in Sessions Court struck a nerve with me.

I continually read and hear news reports which claim medical support for illegal aliens are a drain on the states economy, education of children of illegal aliens is a drain on the states' economy, human resources support for illegal aliens are a drain on the states' economy and that illegal aliens are a drain on the resources of the states' criminal justice system. My one question is why?

Why do we pay for the support of illegal aliens when we don't even support our own people? Why do we educate the children of illegal aliens when our own children don't get a decent education in public schools?

Do we spend as much money supporting legal aliens as we do illegal ones? Do we even spend as much on our own citizens as we do illegals? I don't think so.

I have heard it said that it would be too expensive to ship all illegal aliens back home, but how expensive is it to allow them to stay?

Tom Cripps
wskyman@bellsouth.net

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_112178.asp