Illegal Aliens Cost Americans More Than Taxes

Gregory D. Lee

April 28, 2008

Illegal Aliens Cost Americans More Than Taxes

 

I don't know what the intent of the left-leaning Los Angeles Times was when they reported last week that "Healthcare gap could be fatal for ill immigrants," but it got my attention.

 

The article explained how an illegal Mexican immigrant snuck her infant daughter, Puente, to Los Angeles to seek treatment for a liver ailment. True to form, the infant received not one, but two liver transplants 10 years apart at an average cost of $520,000 a pop, including anti-rejection medication. Ten years later, she received a third liver transplant, all courtesy of the California taxpayers through a state health care program for indigent children under the provisions of Medi-Cal.

 

Now she's 21 years old and the state refuses to pay for a fourth liver transplant because she's too old for a specific child program. To me, the "health care gap" that could be fatal for ill illegal immigrants was certain death for the three American taxpaying residents of California that were deprived of one because they were passed over for an illegal alien. There are only so many livers available for transplants, and obviously three deserving Americans were deprived of them.

 

And if that wasn't enough, the article went on: "Late last month, Puente learned of another, little-known option for patients with certain healthcare needs. If she notified U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that she was in the country illegally, state health officials might grant her full Medi-Cal coverage. Puente did so, her benefits were restored and she is now awaiting a fourth transplant at UCLA."

 

Just about the time I was beginning to feel sorry for this woman whose health has been unfortunate since infancy, Puente was quoted as saying, "It doesn't matter if I'm undocumented. They should take care of me at UCLA for the rest of my life because I've been there since I was a baby." Excuse me? Why haven't this woman and her mother been deported yet?

 

When state and federal health care programs do not screen out illegal recipients, this is what you get. No wonder California must make up a budget deficit of approximately $14 billion this fiscal year. And, what is the liberal state legislature's solution? Raise taxes, of course!

 

A recent crackdown on illegal immigrants in Los Angeles spurred a counterattack by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other local officials who went to Washington to meet with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to voice their concerns. Their concerns are not that approximately 450,000 to 480,000 illegal aliens in L.A. are depriving Americans of gainful employment. They contend that the increased arrests of illegals working in L.A. will affect the city's economy. Sorry to break this to the mayor, but it won't be a concern as soon as unemployed skilled and unskilled Americans have access to the jobs.

 

The way I see it, every illegal alien-held job is one less job for an American. There is no possible counter argument to that. Illegals only doing the work Americans won't do is ridiculous. Americans don't do construction jobs like tile work, flooring, framing, roofing, plumbing and gardening? Americans won't work in factories? And this notion that illegal Mexican immigrants want to eventually become U.S. citizens is equally nutty. What evidence is there of that? They make substantially more money, send it home, buy a hacienda and retire much better than they would if they had stayed home and worked in Mexico.

 

Illegal aliens cost the American taxpayer untold billions of dollars every year. Yes, we are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws. The immigrants who first migrated here hundreds of years ago did so legally, and the thought of doing something illegal to gain citizenship repulsed them. That's the difference between then and now.

 

So if you like higher taxes, millions of fewer jobs for Americans, higher unemployment rates, less tax revenue for the U.S. Treasury and state governments because of under-the-table payrolls, more crime, gangs, graffiti, drive-by shootings, more expensive health care and utility bills due to deadbeats, freeway congestion, more pollution, more global warming, less available housing, unlicensed and uninsured drivers on the road, overcrowded and woefully inadequate schools, in-state college tuition for illegals, more drugs, overflowing jails, more drunk drivers, higher rents due to low supply and pressing "one" for English, than you should be happy with the status quo.

 

I personally would like to see those millions of jobs and scarce organ transplants go to deserving Americans instead of illegal aliens who make a mockery of our generosity.

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You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much?

Read this: Boy am I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it is the Iraq war and the war on terror that is bankrupting us. I now find that to be RIDICULOUS. I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them. I have included the URL's for verification of all the following facts.

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year. Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77

2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens. Verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fis...

3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens. Verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fis...

4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English! Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPT...

5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies. Verify at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPT...

6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPT...

7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPT...

8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers. Verify at: http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/061...

9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcriptscnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS...

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPT...

11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border. Verify at: Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht

12. The National Policy Institute, 'estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.' Verify at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.or...

13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin. Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm

14. 'The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States.' Verify at: http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml

The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. Are we THAT stupid?

If this doesn't bother you then just ignore the message. If, on the other hand, if it does raise the hair on the back of your neck, I hope you forward it to every legal resident in the country including every representative in Washington, D.C. - five times a week for as long as it takes to restore some semblance of intelligence in our policies and enforcement thereof.

I love Mexicans.  I love them so much that I bought a house in Mexico.  But believe when I say that if I overstay my welcome there by one day, it is an immigration nightmare.  They don't cut me an ounce of slack.  I also am required to pay rental taxes on my house, even though I do not actually rent it out!  The system is entirly hypocritical.  And to be called a racist just because I want them to account for themselves and pay taxes on the money they make just rubs salt in the wounds.  Mexicans are typically hard working and family oriented people, but they need to contribute to the system that they migrated here to be a part of.  What is wrong with getting a work visa?

What is wrong with a work visa?  Do you really think I trust any of them with one?  How do I know that these family oriented people will go home after their Visa expires?  They can earn a Visa by paying back all the benefits they obtained illegally?  Illegal=criminal=not trustworthy!

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Aliens are representd in our legislatures and the Congress just as citizens are. The more aliens in a district, the fewer votes it takes to get elected. Citizens get lumped into districts where their legal votes are diluted by the over empowered voters in other districts who basically voting for the non citizens by proxy. Apportionment is complicated, boring, and is destroying the sovereignty and culture of the American people as a people because of how it is done..

Put me in charge of the Visa program and there will be no more overstays, I garantee it. Just give me Mikeys job he really does not do a good job.

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By reading Gerald47's figures along with figures from other sources, IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO DO A MASS DEPORTATION. I could care less if an employer loses business or even if they go under. They should never have hired illegals in the first place. They can't seriously expect informed people to believe they have/had no way to distinguish between legal and illegal, and the ones I hear say this should be the first to slide down the tube. I get a strange feeling when they say it will hurt the economy. It won't hurt the economy, but it will hurt the economy of the ones who hire illegal aliens, and rightly so. There are still companies who hire legal American's and they will prosper for it. If I have to drive 1 extra mile to buy or use the service of a legal employer, it won't hurt a bit.

Not only are the "reform" talks put on the side burner until "they" figure out who will be the next Prez, they are now trying to squelch the free press so uninformed people can no longer hear the truth. I can see it coming, and it aint gunna be perty.

edit; What's wrong with a work visa? Not a darn thing other than the employers don't want to pay a living wage, and farmers want the same illegal year after year. And they abuse them and overstay only to disapeer into the shadows. Why EMIGRANTS refuse to use them is the question, and we all know why.

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