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Originally Posted by KRL
Again you're posting without citing facts.
Illegal immigrants contributed $7 Billion to Social Security last year and nearly $2 Billion to Medicare.
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you might want to check your facts-
fact: The American Hospital Association reports that its member facilities provided $21 billion in uncompensated health-care services last year alone.
Illegal aliens are a source of strain on the welfare system, the criminal justice system, and the education system.
And while the costs are amplified, tax collection from illegal aliens is miniscule:
The Los Angeles Times reports that 950,000 illegals live in the five counties comprising the greater Los Angeles area.
Their economic activity is mostly underground, which means the employers pay low cash wages, no overtime,
no benefits and no taxes. ... John Chiang of the State Board of Equalization, California's tax oversight agency,
estimates that the state loses $7 billion a year in unpaid taxes because of the underground sector."
And while the tax collections are miniscule, the payments to immigrant groups overall is large:
"The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 30.6 percent of Hispanics receive means-tested government benefits
compared to 9 percent of whites."
Education also takes a hit due to illegal immigration. The same source notes:
"Even though California spends $2.2 billion to educate children
who are illegally in this country, nearly half of Hispanic adults have not graduated from high school."
The total cost nationwide to teach children of illegal aliens is $7.4 billion nationwide.
The cost extends into the area of crime and law enforcement.
Almost 25 percent of all inmates in California prisons are illegal immigrants from Mexico.
U.S. hospitals in border states provide at least $200 million a year in uncompensated emergency care to illegal aliens.
i can go on