Illegal Immigrants

Illegal immigrants should be a hot topic amongst every tax paying citizen.  They are a huge drain on our economic system.  Remember when doing research on illegal immigrants that all data is suspect because these people are here illegally so they do not come forward with statistics.  The statistics have to be estimated and derived from deductions of the census people.  Such as, the IRS gets millions of bogus social security numbers on tax forms each year, how many are from mistaken typos and how many are from illegal aliens who try and look legitamate to an employer?  An educated guess is made at this point and a statistic is then made. 

There are an estimated 12 to 14 million illegal immigrants in this country today.  Texas estimates that they spend 1.3 Billion Dollars a year in support of illegal immigrants health costs.  Texas and California has one of the largest illegal immigrant popultions in the United States along with New York, New Jersey, Florida, North Carolina, Nevada.  An estimated 35 Billion Dollars a year is spent nationally on illegal immigrants health costs alone.  In North Carolina there is a Clinic that offers $6.00 office visits and $6.00 prescriptions to illegal immigrants.  I wish I could get a deal like that.  I am spending $25.00 copay and $150.00 out of pocket per month on prescriptions.  Not to mention the cost of the insurance.  Why are we coddeling these people?

Americans spend on average $6,875.00 per student in public schools.  We pay 12 Billion Dollars a year on educating illegal immigrants children.  28 Billion Dollars a year is spent if you include the children of illegal immigrants whos children are US born citizens.  Imagine if we could spread that money out to legal Americans for education.  We could have some of the best schools in the world.

Yes I have heard the argument that illegal immigrants pay into the Social Security program and they will never be able to collect out of it.  The argument goes that 7 Million illegal immigrants pay taxes and social security on fake social security numbers.  this money goes into the coffers of the variouse government entities and is used on legal Americans.  From all of the numbers that I have looked at that means there are 5 to 7 Million Illegals that do not pay taxes and are a total drain on our economy.  Even when you factor in the taxes that Illegal immigrants pay all accounts say they cost the US taxpayer 20 Billion Dollars per year more than they pay into the system. 

I have heard the argument also that illegal immigrants are taking the low paying jobs that Americans wont do.  When I was high school I had friends who worked in the green houses and I myself worked at a carwash and in restaurant kitchens washing dishes.  Those were young Americans first jobs.  You either learned that you needed to go to school and study or get yourself into a trade that was better than doing these menial labor tasks.  It was a learning experience.  You had to work from the bottom up.  In construction I have seen full crews of illegal immigrants pouring concrete, applying EIFS to buildings and Landscaping.  These are good paying jobs that are being taken from Americans because the immigrant will work for less and pay kick backs to the owners of the companies.

I have never given a nationality to the illegal immigrants because I don't care the nationality, if you are here illegally you are illegal, hence the term illegal.  17% of illegal immigrants are from Middle Eastern Countries.  Who are these people and do they mean to do us harm?  The only way we will know is if we tighten up our borders, only allow legal immigrants who have applied for green cards and or work visas into this country and prosecut and deport any ILLEGAL immigrant.  In the long run it may cost us a few Billion Dolars the first four or five years but after that the savings would offset the intial cost of ridding ourselves of the illegal immigrant.  An estimated 45 Billion Dollars a year get sent out of the United States to the homelands of the illegal immigrants.  Just by stopping that money from leaving the United States would be a start to a healthier US economy. 

We all need to put pressure on our elected officials to do something about this problem.  Large corporations who employ these illegal immigrants are our biggest problem.  These corporations give large sums of money to the campaings of politicians to allow this cheap, illegal labor to exist in this country.  The IRS if it notices that there are alot of phoney Social Security numbers coming from a company sends the company a letter asking why and to verify the Social Security numbers.  The IRS should be sending agents to round up these illegal immigrants.  Big business wont allow it to happen.  Both the Democratic party and the Republican party have ignored this problem.  People need to speak out or change will never come.