tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14205328.post116353198031051732..comments2023-12-24T09:25:20.924-06:00Comments on American at heart: Well, I'm happy!Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16140003549240348287noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14205328.post-1163710900519764642006-11-16T15:01:00.000-06:002006-11-16T15:01:00.000-06:00"If the estimated net fiscal drain of $2,736 a yea..."If the estimated net fiscal drain of $2,736 a year that each illegal household imposes on the federal treasury is multiplied by the nearly three million illegal households, the total cost comes to $10.4 billion a year."<BR/><BR/>This estimate comes from the Center for Immigration Studies, in a study entitled; "The High Cost of Cheap Labor. Illegal Immigration and the Federal Budget." Published in 2004, the url is http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscal.html.<BR/><BR/>The study methodology was deliberately conservative. <BR/><BR/>Illegal immigrants use social services without contributing to their funding in an equitable manner. Illegal immigrants are not screened for criminal history, health, education, or job skills. These are categories that LEGAL immigrants are required to furnish information on. For obvious reasons. And if illegals are allowed to enter the country, why limit it to people from Central and South America primarily? Because they can walk across the border? How do you justify turning back flotillas from Cuba? Hijacked airliners from China? Or Sudan? Or North Korea? Or do they fly into Mexico and then walk across our border? <BR/><BR/>It IS a slippery slope that deserves a black and white solution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14205328.post-1163564880863945782006-11-14T22:28:00.000-06:002006-11-14T22:28:00.000-06:00Just a little bit of fodder for one of your next p...Just a little bit of fodder for one of your next posts: It is obvious that you feel quite strongly about regaining control of the ins-and-outs of our border with Mexico, and I agree with you. But I just realized that my reasons for supporting the militarization of the border come from my strong distaste for rule-breakers. It's like cutting in line at WalMart. If you want to buy your cartload of cheap shit, you have to wait in line like everyone else. However that is a personal preference and is in no way substantiated by facts pertaining to the issue. So I ask the folllowing question with full faith in your researching abilities. Why is border control an important issue and what is the extent of the illegal immigrant effect on our economy? I feel that these questions are important to the issue because any argument worth its salt is backed up by data. Otherwise it's pseudoscience and might as well be done on faith. Now, we both know that Jesus hates Mexicans, but I want to see the numbers. Discuss it with your dad too, for you know as well as I that he's the smartest man alive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com