The Illegal Immigration Debate
Once again, on May 1st, the criminals will be protesting. They call it May-day and they refuse to work in order to show America what it would be like without illegal's.
I couldn't care less about them or their protest. They are criminals who broke the law. Last year, we deported over 221,000 illegal's. With over 13 million in this country, they better pick up the pace. They contribute very little to this country and cause more problems than they solve. Not only are they a drain on our hospitals and social services, but too many of them are violent criminals.
Emergency rooms are required to treat these illegal's and never receive payment for the services. Hospitals in inner-city areas in the southern United States are closing because they cannot afford to keep treating these illegal's and not get paid. This can be life threatening for U.S. citizens in need of emergency care and having to go further just to receive treatment. For those useless politicians that supported welfare for illegal's, tax dollars are being thrown away instead of using it for American citizens.
The Washington Post reports the illegal immigration costs to the federal government:
Households headed by illegal aliens imposed more than $26.3 billion in costs on the federal government in 2002
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The costs outlined in the report include government services such as Medicaid, medical treatment for the uninsured, food assistance programs, the federal prison and court systems, and federal aid to schools.
This total has increased significantly since 2002. In California alone, illegal immigration costs over ten billion annually. FAIR has the breakdown by state of the illegal immigration effect. I should note that some of the stats are dated, but daunting nonetheless.
Congressman Steve King (R-IA) released some interesting statistics:
What would that May 1st look like without illegal immigration? There would be no one to smuggle across our southern border the heroin, marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamines that plague the United States, reducing the U.S. supply of meth that day by 80%. The lives of 12 U.S. citizens would be saved who otherwise die a violent death at the hands of murderous illegal aliens each day. Another 13 Americans would survive who are otherwise killed each day by uninsured drunk driving illegal's. Our hospital emergency rooms would not be flooded with everything from gunshot wounds, to anchor babies, to imported diseases to hangnails, giving American citizens the day off from standing in line behind illegal's. Eight American children would not suffer the horror as a victim of a sex crime.
On the negative side, the price of a pound of tomatoes might go up from $0.79 to $0.80. That is unless you have a garden. But I’m guessing that the Mexican drug lords are not taking May 1st off. Neither will the 11,000 illegal invaders that pour over our border every other day of the year. It is a safe bet that the U.S. Border Patrol will have a very busy “Nothing Gringo Day.”
This is ONE DAY!
Crime statistics from the GAO:
The briefing slides in enclosure I address each of our three questions. In summary, for our study population of 55,322 illegal aliens, we found that:
They were arrested at least a total of 459,614 times, averaging about 8 arrests per illegal alien. Nearly all had more than 1 arrest. Thirty-eight percent (about 21,000) had between 2 and 5 arrests, 32 percent
(about 18,000) had between 6 and 10 arrests, and 26 percent (about 15,000) had 11 or more arrests. Most of the arrests occurred after 1990.
They were arrested for a total of about 700,000 criminal offenses, averaging about 13 offenses per illegal alien. One arrest incident may include multiple offenses, a fact that explains why there are nearly
one and half times more offenses than arrests. Almost all of these illegal aliens were arrested for more than 1 offense. Slightly more than half of the 55,322 illegal aliens had between 2 and 10 offenses. About 45 percent of all offenses were drug or immigration offenses. About 15 percent were property-related offenses such as burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and property damage. About 12 percent were for violent offenses such as murder, robbery, assault, and sex-related crimes. The balance was for such other offenses as traffic violations, including driving under the influence; fraud--including forgery and counterfeiting; weapons violations; and obstruction of justice. Eighty percent of all arrests occurred in three states--California, Texas, and Arizona. Specifically, about 58 percent of all arrests occurred in California, 14 percent in Texas, and 8 percent in Arizona.
Annually, 9,125 Americans are killed by illegal aliens and 2,920 American children are victims of sex crimes.
Since September 11, 2001, 3000 people died during or immediately following the terrorist attacks. Another 3000 of our military has been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq during the War on Terror. However; since Sept. 11, 2001, 45,625 Americans have been killed by illegal aliens and 14,600 American children have been victims of sex crimes. On top of that, imagine the tax dollars that are spent prosecuting and defending these illegal's.
Is this worth the price to pay for saving a few cents on lawn care, produce, and other goods? I hardly think so!
Additional statistics can be found here. Real time data of the cost of illegal's on our economy can be found here.
