Thread: Cost of Illegal Immigrants from a California Teacher Working

June 20, 2010

Cost of Illegal Immigrants from a California Teacher Working in a Title 1 School

This is close to what I saw when I lived in California until I moved to Florida in 2006.

One certain way to identify the impact of this problem in Florida is to require ALL government agencies, including schools, to track actual, additional costs to support illegal immigrants and all the social programs that support them.

The costs should be tracked as a separate program, even if it involves multiple funding sources. vj

From a School Teacher in California: CHEAP TOMATOES

900 teachers just got laid off from the Los Angeles Unified School District. They are $650,000 over their annual budget. The following English teacher helps to explain one area that looms large over California 's educational crisis.

I hope each person receiving this mail will read it carefully all the way to the end. It is sad what is happening to our great country all because our politicians are afraid they will miss out on a vote. What a travesty!

This English teacher has phrased it the best I've seen yet.

This should make everyone think, be you Democrat, Republican or Independent

From a California school teacher - - -

"As you listen to the news about the student protests over illegal immigration, there are some things that you should be aware of: I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a large southern California high school which is designated a Title 1 school, meaning that its students average lower socioeconomic and income levels

Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell Gardens, Huntington Park , etc.., where these students are protesting, are also Title 1 schools.

Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When I say free breakfast, I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll -- but a full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones. The school also provides day care centers for theunwed teenage pregnant girls (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family watch their kids. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing funding for the upcoming year even though there was little need for anything; my budget was already substantial. I ended up buying new computers for the computer learning center, half of which, one month later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education in America .. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students here in the country less than 3 months who raised so much hell with the female teachers, calling them "Putas" (whores ) and throwing things, that the teachers were in tears.

Free medical, free education, free food, day care, etc., etc, etc. Is it any wonder they feel entitled not only to be in this country but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements?

To those who want to point out how much these illegal immigrants contribute to our society because they LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs.

Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical costs, more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases etc., etc, etc. For me, I'll pay more for tomatoes.

Americans, We need to wake up. The guest worker program will be a disaster because we won't have the guts to enforce it. Does anyone in their right mind really think they will voluntarily leave and return?

It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A third-world culture that does not value education, that accepts children getting pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to assimilate, and an American culture that has become so weak and worried about "political correctness" that we don't have the will to do anything about it.

If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine, forward this to everyone you know including your Congressmen and Senators.

CHEAP LABOR? Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about?

Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage.

Consumers don't want expensive produce.

Government will tell you Americans don't want the jobs.

But the bottom line is cheap labor. The phrase "cheap labor" is a myth, a farce, and a lie. There is no such thing as "cheap labor."

Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife and five children. He takes a job for $5.00 or 6.00/hour. At that wage, with six dependents, he pays no income tax, yet at the end of the year, if he files an Income Tax Return, he gets an "earned income credit" of up to $3,200 free.

He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent.

He qualifies for food stamps..

He qualifies for free (no deductible), no co-pay) health care.

His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school.

He requires bilingual teachers and books.

He qualifies for relief from high energy bills...

If they are or become, aged, blind or disabled, they qualify for SSI. Once qualified for SSI they can qualify for Medicare. All of this is at (our) taxpayer's expense.

He doesn't worry about car insurance, life insurance, or homeowners insurance.

Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins and printed material.

He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00 to $30.00/hour in benefits.

Working Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or $6.00/hour left after paying their bills AND his.

The American taxpayers also pay for increased crime, graffiti and trash clean-up.

Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT! Wake up people!

THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TO THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR EITHER PARTY. 'AND WHEN THEY LIE TO US AND DON'T DO AS THEY SAY, WE SHOULD REPLACE THEM AT ONCE!'

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pay more for tomatoes or this? i wont eat them at all, and let pallets of them in cans sit in storage for a year or 2. have the gov mandate the tomatoe farms that "hire" these (mod edit) to pick go fallow, or grow crops that can be harvested mechanically. we are being ovverun with 3rd worlder for cheap tomatoes? stop buying them! GROW YOUR OWN ITS EASY, ANY ONE CAN GROW MORE THAN HE CAN BEGIN YO CONSUME! (rant)

Originally Posted by draindog

pay more for tomatoes or this? i wont eat them at all, and let pallets of them in cans sit in storage for a year or 2. have the gov mandate the tomatoe farms that "hire" these (mod edit) to pick go fallow, or grow crops that can be harvested mechanically. we are being ovverun with 3rd worlder for cheap tomatoes? stop buying them! GROW YOUR OWN ITS EASY, ANY ONE CAN GROW MORE THAN HE CAN BEGIN YO CONSUME! (rant)

The line about our food prices being cheaper as a result of this massive invasion is nothing but total BS. Overall the price of food has risen substantially. Probably as substantial as the number of illegal aliens coming to our country.

I have no doubt that everything that is going on in California is what has bankrupted Illinois as well. The last year Blago was in office it was reported that he spent 55 MILLION on healthcare for illegals.

Our personal income tax just rose substantially. I am doing all that I can to transfer at work so I can get the hell out of here.