Illegal Aliens Cost Virginia Taxpayers $1.7 Billion Annually
By Greg L | 12 June 2009 | Illegal Aliens, Virginia Politics | 48 Comments
The Federation of American Immigration Reform has released an important study quantifying the costs that Virginia taxpayers bear to support the continued unlawful presence of illegal aliens in Virginia. The total estimated costs reach nearly $1.7 billion dollars per year for the nearly 300,000 illegal aliens present in Virginia. If we didn’t have this huge sucking chest wound tearing into the state budget, Virginia likely would not have had to undergo this year’s earlier budget scramble that ended up reducing the services provided to citizens and legal immigrants. The Cost of Illegal Immigration to Virginia is a must-read for anyone interested in the facts about what results when government at any level decides to look the other way when millions of people wantonly break our laws.
Virginia’s illegal immigrant population costs the state’s taxpayers nearly $1.7 billion per year for education, medical care and incarceration. The annual fiscal burden amounts to about $625 per Virginia household headed by a native-born resident. Even if the estimated taxes collected from illegal immigrant workers are treated as an offset to this fiscal cost — which, as we explain later, makes little sense — net outlays still amount to about $1.5 billion per year.
This information fills a gap noted by the Governor’s Commission on Immigration, established in 2007. Its stated purpose was to study “…the costs and benefits of immigration on the Commonwealth…Specifically, …the impact of immigration on education, health care, law enforcement, local demands for services and the economy…” However, the Commission concluded in its January 2009 report that, “Unfortunately, the resources and time restrictions of the Commission were not conducive to a data analysis of this scope [referring to the Texas Comptroller’s Report on the fiscal impact of illegal aliens].”5 The Commission did, however, have the resources and time to obtain an estimate of the taxes paid by illegal aliens prepared by The Commonwealth Institute. These estimates showed $145 to $174 million in tax collections, but ignored the other side of the fiscal equation, i.e., the cost of state services used by the same population.
The hugely incomplete and essentially useless efforts of the Commission on Immigration, made that way by Governor/DNC Chairman Tim Kaine’s stacking the commission membership with avowed illegal alien apologists, has explained the job they should have done but failed to do. FAIR went out and performed that job, giving us precisely the analysis and evaluation needed in order to make informed policy decisions at the state level. Lawmakers that fail to follow through in supporting policies that will reduce the number of illegal aliens unlawfully residing in Virginia demonstrate to their constituents they really don’t care about taxes, they really don’t care about what’s right, and they don’t care about public safety — all they care about is ensuring a steady transfer of your wealth to illegal aliens that they hope will someday be able to vote for them.
It has taken years to come up with the data that many lawmakers said they needed in order to start considering legislation that would ensure that illegal aliens aren’t supported with taxpayer dollars, protected from the consequences of their unlawful behavior by “look the other way” law enforcement policies, or compete with unemployed legal Virginians for jobs during a time of rising unemployment. We now have that data. It is time to start acting on it. Virginia’s families can’t afford to wait any longer.
Here is the full Executive Summary for the report:
Virginia has a rapidly growing illegal alien population of about 295,000 persons, nearly tripling since 2000. Since 2000, the state’s foreign-born population has grown by 46.5 percent while its native-born population has grown by 6.5 percent. Similarly, public school enrollment of students who require special instruction in English has also soared, rising by nearly 175 percent over the last decade.
Virginia’s illegal alien population represents a major burden on the state’s taxpayers and on the state budget. These costs imposed on law-abiding Virginians are unfair and unwelcome even in the best of times, but are especially burdensome at a time when the state is confronting a major general fund budget deficit of $1.1 billion.
In 2008, the foreign-born population in Virginia represented nearly one in every nine residents (10.8%), and illegal aliens constitute about one-third (34%) of that immigrant population. Children with at least one immigrant parent accounted for 8.7 percent of the population in 1990, 13.2 percent in 2000, and 17.6 percent of children under age 18 in 2007.
Virginia’s illegal immigrant population costs the state’s taxpayers nearly $1.7 billion per year for education, medical care and incarceration. The annual fiscal burden amounts to about $625 per Virginia household headed by a native-born resident. Even if the estimated taxes collected from illegal immigrant workers are treated as an offset to this fiscal cost — which, as we explain later, makes little sense — net outlays still amount to about $1.5 billion per year.
This information fills a gap noted by the Governor’s Commission on Immigration, established in 2007. Its stated purpose was to study “…the costs and benefits of immigration on the Commonwealth…Specifically, …the impact of immigration on education, health care, law enforcement, local demands for services and the economy…” However, the Commission concluded in its January 2009 report that, “Unfortunately, the resources and time restrictions of the Commission were not conducive to a data analysis of this scope [referring to the Texas Comptroller’s Report on the fiscal impact of illegal aliens].” The Commission did, however, have the resources and time to obtain an estimate of the taxes paid by illegal aliens prepared by The Commonwealth Institute. These estimates showed $145 to $174 million in tax collections, but ignored the other side of the fiscal equation, i.e., the cost of state services used by the same population.
In addition to the fiscal cost estimates in this study, there are additional costs associated with illegal immigration that should be kept in mind by policymakers when they focus on this fiscal cost burden. Foreign remittances sent abroad by the illegal alien population also constitute a major drain on the state’s economy. The Inter-American Development Bank estimated that remittances from Virginia just to Latin America amounted to more than $1.1 billion in 2006. If this amount had been earned by American workers, it would have been spent locally, and it would have generated sales, production and jobs in the state as well as increased tax collection.
The nearly $1.6 billion dollars in costs incurred by Virginia taxpayers annually result from outlays in the following areas:
Education
Based on estimates of the illegal immigrant population in Virginia and documented costs of K-12 schooling, Virginians spend nearly $1.56 billion annually on education for about 95,000 children of illegal aliens. About 70,000 children of illegal aliens are in special English instruction classes, costing the taxpayer an estimated $440 million. Nearly eight percent of the K-12 public school students in Virginia are children of illegal aliens, and nearly three-fourths of them are in Northern Virginia public schools.Health Care
Taxpayer-funded, unreimbursed medical outlays for health care provided to the state’s illegal alien population amount to nearly $100 million a year.Incarceration
The cost of incarcerating illegal aliens in Virginia’s state, county, and independent city prisons amounts to more than $45 million a year — not including related law enforcement and judicial expenses or the monetary costs of the crimes that led to the incarceration.Some state and local taxes are received from illegal immigrants — even from those working off the books. But, those same tax collections, or more likely an increased amount, would occur if the jobs were done by legal workers. So, unless it is assumed that no legal U.S. or immigrant or foreign guestworker would do the jobs now done by illegal workers, it makes little sense to consider this a true offset to the tax burden. The estimated amount of the taxes currently collected from the illegal workers is about $188 million per year.
The fiscal costs of illegal immigration to Virginia’s taxpayers do not end with these three major cost areas. They would be considerably higher if other cost areas such as assistance programs for needy families or welfare benefits for American workers displaced by illegal alien workers were included in the calculation.
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How do we get this information out. Is there an organization that could produce a TV commercial.
$600 out of my pocket to pay for law breakers? Are you kidding me? Our so called leaders need to wake up now. $1.5 billion would fix a lot of roads, fund a lot of needed services, and feed a lot of citizens and immigrants.
Dime
voter
Help Save Manassas and Save The Old Dominion certainly could, but they don’t have the budget at this point to start running commercials. A run of thirty second spots on Comcast just in Prince William County would probably run about $2,000 a week, and that’s not including the production costs for shooting the commercial.
If you happen to run into some deep-pockets types that would be interested in helping fund an air war, which I think is a tremendous idea, get them in touch with Help Save Manassas. Although it would be darned expensive, I’d LOVE to see thirty-second spots running during the local newscasts throughout the state. That would probably get things moving pretty darned well!
Flyers?
As usual, I will post the FAIR article on every message board that
I know of. Tell my neighbors and phone/e-mail my State reps as well.
Like many, I don’t have much money to donate for advertising but
will do what I can. Thanks.
What does Deeds and McDonnell have to say about this?
I find the statement, “The annual fiscal burden amounts to about $625 per Virginia household headed by a native-born resident.” interesting.
Does that mean that legal immigrants, new citizens born overseas, and other similar categories somehow don’t have to pay (because they are not “native born”)? Was that really a criteria (implying that the bill would actually be less if distributed among all legal residents regardless of their place of birth)?
I’m just saying 1.5 billon is too much no matter how its divided. Mr. “I”m just saying”, you can pay my share since the bill is actually less. Thanks !!!
Dime
voter
No Amnesty (aka Pathway to Citizenship)! Can you imagine what these numbers would look like if all the illegal immigrants received this? If they were legalized, they would also be allowed to bring in family members via “chain migration”! You think we have problems now? If that happened…our country as we know it would be devastated! We cannot sustain millions of uneducated third world people that cannot take care of themselves. We should only allow people to legally enter our country if they can demonstrate that they will add value to our society and not become a burden on the social welfare system. We the people own this country. We the people have every right to mandate entrance criteria. Additionally, if people cannot adapt to our ways of life and language (that unifies us as one nation) they should not be allowed in. If they wish to carry on as they do in their former countries of origin, they should stay in those countries. We cannot make any exceptions to this otherwise we will balkanize.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6861681&rss=rss-kabc-article-6861681
“LOS ANGELES — More than 200 workers at a major food-processing plant in Los Angeles County were fired after the Internal Revenue Service found they provided invalid Social Security numbers.”
Why are we not seeing action like this in PWC? We ALL know darn well that we have a large portion of illegals in PWC! BOCS get Chief Deane busy! We want regular progress reports…starting NOW!
patriot,
wish this would happen every day, would be a great thing but not with the obamnation in office.
I have emailed McDonnell twice asking about his stand on illegal aliens in Virginia and how he will guarantee that legal Virginia residents are hired for stimulus-funded jobs (specifically low-skilled) vs illegal aliens.
Apparently, McDonnell and his staff feel these are such low priority concerns they don’t warrant a response.
If the Republican Party candidates want my vote, it would behoove them to respond to their voter base.
There’s the “the U.S. stole the southwest” argument.
Well, the land in dispute was “owned” by Spain for a couple of centuries. Then by Mexico for about 25 years. During these periods, there weren’t more than a few thousand Spaniards or Mexicans in the entire territory. It’s been owned by the U.S. for about 160 years now, much longer than Mexico’s reign. And the U.S. has actually done something with the land, made it habitable for tens of millions. The difference between American and Mexican “twin cities” straddling the border is like night and day, yet the land is obviously the same. It’s not the dirt that’s important, it’s the people. Put another way, if culture didn’t matter, Mexico and Central America would be paradise.
Then there is they are all God,s children argument.
Isn’t everyone God,s children? If so, then guess the open borders crowd are saying everyone and anyone has the right to Invade this Nation, waving their flags, demand their rights, while feasting at the trough of public welfare and Kill, Rape and Rob thousands of American citizens each year! There are 100,s of millions probably billions from India, China, Africa, etc. that would like to immigrate to the USA. If it ok for Latinos to pour across our borders then unless the open borders crowd are racist it should be ok for any and all of the world people no matter their Education, Religion, Race, Criminal convictions, Diseases, or Terrorist ties to invade this nation & be rewarded with American citizenship!
There’s the “lettuce” argument
We’ll be paying $50/head if we don’t have illegal aliens working in the fields. As Phil Martin, ag economist at UC Davis shows, the field labor cost in a $1 head of lettuce is about 6 cents. Triple those wages and Americans will do the jobs. (They’re not career positions. They’re seasonal jobs for young people, starting in the world of work. I have did similarly menial jobs.) And you’ll be paying 10% more for lettuce and other produce. Do you spend $1,000/year on produce? OK, you’ll pay $100 more.
The lettuce argument also parallels that for the retention of slavery.
Immigrant Argument!
There’s the “everyone’s an immigrant except for the ‘Native Americans’” argument. Well, the American Indians didn’t sprout from the land, they came across the Bering land bridge from Asia. So if the criterion is “You’re an immigrant if you had an ancestor who immigrated here,” then American Indians are immigrants, too.
In that case, “immigrant” is no longer a useful word, since Everyone’s an immigrant.
Illegal pay taxes Argument!
There’s the “illegal aliens pay tons of taxes” argument. Sure, they all pay real estate taxes (in rent) and sales taxes (most states). Those working on the books (typically using stolen Social Security numbers) pay FICA and, perhaps, income taxes. But they’re mostly ill-educated and low-skilled and pay very low taxes connected to their working — in fact, most claim the Earned Income Tax Credit, i.e. negative income tax! If a family with both parents working has two kids in school, that’s at least $15k/year just for schooling, way more than the taxes on, say, $35k/year aggregate income.
Robert Rector at the Heritage Foundation has done the systematic accounting on all this. A typical household headed by a low-skilled illegal alien is a net drain of about $20k/year for the rest of us, year after year. (Low-skilled Americans are a similar burden, but they’re part of the national family, not gate crashers from other societies.)
Illegal Bad..Amnesty good Argument!
There’s the “illegal immigration is bad, but make them citizens and problem solved” argument. Nope. If that were the case, legalizing (i.e. amnestying) the illegal aliens would solve the problem. But they’d still be (on average) low-skilled workers whose burden on the rest of us would continue. In fact, once legal they’d be able to access more public benefits programs, so their cost to the rest of us would actually rise substantially. In addition to bringing in their relatives under chain immigration in a never ending chain! In short, all of the problems of mass illegal immigration are shared & increased by mass amnestying them.
Then there is the straw man Argument this Nation cannot afford to deport 12 million people!
Never noting if our Politicians had abide by our Constitution and enforced our Laws there would not be 12 millions to deport. Even worse, there is not 12 million but between 20 and 30 million but the government prefers to lie and down play the number! ( Same as the 1986 Amnesty was more than double the government estimate, so will this one be) At any rate deportation would save billions in the long run over what they will cost this Nation in welfare in the coming years. Every person with less that a high school education cost a average of 55 thousand over their life time, so apply that times the 12 million plus all their relatives & their relatives in a never ending chain & deportation would be a great bargain and save billions if not trillions in the coming years! But deportations is not necessary, just close our borders and enforcing our Laws with E-Verify. Fine companies, imprison executives and cut out the welfare they will self deport. No jobs, No Welfare equals no Illegal Aliens!
The flood of immigrants drives wages and living conditions in our central cities toward those of the Third World & has already destroyed Calif..
This tidal wave imposes sprawl, gridlock, pollution, and environmental damage on our metropolitan areas & Nation.
Immigrant families needing services overwhelm our schools, taxpayer-funded health care facilities, and other public agencies.
Those requiring services don’t assimilate and, instead, expect to be served in their native languages.
American civic culture frays as each ethnic group establishes its own grievance lobby and pushes for preferences.
Communicable diseases such as tuberculosis (new, drug-resistant strains) New diseases like Mexican Swine flu return.
Shortages of water and other resources loom, especially in immigration-blitzed Southwest.
Most that come across our open borders come from countries where, Crime, Corruption, Poverty, Misery, Anti-education, and hate for Americans has existed for centuries and is normal. Should anyone be surprised they bring those same family values across the border with them?
Bob McDonnell’s camp just doesn’t respond to e-mail period. Even in phone calls, they can’t provide policy platforms on anything I am concerned about.
Mr. Black Velvet Bruce Lee: Saw your blog about illegal aliens costing VA taxpayers a bundle. You are right on. I was published in the University of Richmond School of Law, Law Review on this same topic. You can see the article at
http://law.richmond.edu/rjolpi/Issues_Archived/2008_GA/Illegal%20Immigration%20Legislation%20in%20the%20Virginia%20General%20Assembly.pdf
Anonymous said on 13 Jun 2009 at 7:28 am: Bob McDonnell’s camp just doesn’t respond to e-mail period. Even in phone calls, they can’t provide policy platforms on anything I am concerned about……..
He better get past that little hiccup if he wants votes.
There is nothing that will turn a voter to another candidate faster than being ignored or brushed off.
McDonnell may be running of false ego from his previous election against Deeds. We are in different times, and he needs to realize that voters are not going to GIVE him their vote - he has to EARN it.
Based on my experience with him and his camp, he gives me the impression that he doesn’t WANT my vote.
Ask the Puerto Ricans who left their “island paradise” for the cruel mainland why they left in the 60’s. When Johnson created “the great society” back in the 60’s they flocked to Massachusetts as one exmple because it had the highest paid entitlements (welfare, Medicaid etc.) In some cities in Massachusetts there are at least 3 generations of PR’s that have never worked a day in their life. This will happen again if amnesty is granted to 30 million Mexicans and Central Americans. Obama is re-inventing the “great society.”
By the way, Puerto Ricans are considered American citizens (who are NOT required to pay Federal income taxes.
- Good posting Black Saint 7:19 AM - thank you. It was a thoughtful
reasoned and factual answering of the primary arguments made
by the pro-illegal alien lobby.
- If Bob McDonnell doesn’t know the negative impact of illegal immigration
by now, he doesen’t deserve to be elected in November. My
guess he figures he has most of you in the bag already (where
else are you going to go?) and is attempting to look “moderate”
plus keep the Fat Cat big biz/love cheap labor campaign
money boys happy. You may get a wink and a nod at some
point, but that is about it. Don’t hold your breath. The key
message he will stay on is “Bob and Jobs” and you won’t
sidetrack him.
From a book review of “Methland: The Death and Life of
An American Small Town” - WaPo Outlook section (6-14-2009)
“… one-time union employees earning good wages and protected
by solid benefits …begin to see their earnings and benefits disappear.
Undocumented immigrants began taking jobs at extraordinary
low wages, thereby depressing the cost of labor. Meth, with its
opportunity for quick profit and its power to make even the
most abject and despondent person suddenly feel alive and
vibrant, found fertile ground.”
The author’s description of a man “now using his fingerless hands
to lift a meth pipe to his noseless face, is among the most
haunting images in the book.”
ever wonder why puerto rico didnt become a 51st state? yep, taxes…they dont want to pay them
mr. albo, paper was extremely well written and researched.
Now, now, PR decided not to become a state for the same reason Guam chose not to - it didn’t want to get caught up in “mainland politics” … AND … have to pay for the screw ups afterwards.
PR and Guam are not OBama supporters - they know an empty suit and huge ego when they see it.
Can anyone really fault them for not wanting to be caught up in this?
Google or Bing “Puerto Rico votes for statehood”. A decade ago
the Republicans were pushing for it - thinking it would them two new
“safe” senators.
FYI-
Hispanic % of student population 1996 vs. 2006. (Most recent
audited numbers that I’ve found).
Prince William County - from 5% to 25%
Manassas City - from 14% to 37%
Manassas Park - from 6% to 43%
These students, on average, require more educational
resources and drive up the cost per pupil average..
An expense placed on the taxpayers of the local
jurisdictions.
I thought it was great that the report chastised the “Immigration Commission” for not doing their duty. The commission was originally charged to find the costs illegal’s had on Virginia.
But no, they decided to turn it into a three ring circus instead. It was a waste of time and tax payer money. I think I will find out how much the state actually spent on that fiasco and let you all know.
I actually questioned some of our representatives on the committee why they didn’t do the job they were charged with and got a bunch of nonsense from them.
I”m just saying… said on 12 Jun 2009 at 3:13 pm: Flag comment
I find the statement, “The annual fiscal burden amounts to about $625 per Virginia household headed by a native-born resident.” interesting.
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Agree. That statement jumped out at me as well and made me pause in digesting this information. If I were grading this paper, I would mark it down for the lack of citations and or footnotes to substantiate all those numbers and statistics. I am all for proving it, but proof - hard data - is necessary for me or I just consider it more meaningless rhetoric.
“McDonnell may be running of false ego from his previous election against Deeds. ”
He beat Deeds by less than 400 votes for an office 2 slots down from the one causing most people to come to the polls to vote.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf487MLAT6M
GREAT video on how to defeat the “multiculturalism” argument.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNiN-ZLVt6k&feature=channel
Okay. This guy makes some great points on a variety of subjects. Put a seatbelt on for the fast ride!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31CyUwbnYgA
Billboards near day labor sites. Great video.
Great video?? Could have been if the photographer hadn’t been drunk!
“… the cost of our immigration policies are borne more heavily
by some parts of our society than others. Rather than dismiss
all immigration critics as xenophobes, supporters of immigrant
rights need to deal with the legitimate gripes of their opponets.
A National Academy of Sciences study found that the average
immigrant puts a net lifetime fiscal cost of $25,000 on states
and local governments. ‘ Estimates are that states and localities
are forced to pay tens of billions of dollars in health and
education cost for noncitizens’ says Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY).”
E.J. Dionne Jr.
WaPo op/ed (5-26-2006)
A liberal writer in a liberal paper who quotes a liberal leader
three years ago acknowledges the cost of “noncitizens” -
please don’t pretend Bobby M. or anyone else in leadership
doesn’t know — the problem is they don’t care.
Black Saint - great summary!!
One question that came to me as I read your message regards the LEGAL aliens. I don’t see them working anything other than the low-paying jobs, just as their illegal relatives work. Does anybody know of the economic impact of the legal aliens? I would assume they are equally as burdensome.
Is there some reason that we can’t require a high school education for immigration purposes? We really don’t need that many ditch diggers or roofers-apologies to roofers and ditch diggers.
probably most illegals couldnt spell or say illegal…at least speak conversational english for a work permit.
Want to be a legal resident? Pay your bills. Pay for every child that was born here, every emergency room visit, repay every single dollar’s worth of welfare, WIC, food stamps and assistance that you or your children received since you crossed the border illegally. Pay for each auto accident you ran away from and every crime you committed. Then, instead of taking, give back to your new home. A bucket of blood each should do it. Then, learn english and speak it all of the time, even at home. Be an American culturalist!
Johnson said on 14 Jun 2009 at 8:03 pm: Flag comment
Want to be a legal resident?
There will be few if any takers. They need that money to send back to their “home” countries. “Home is where the heart is.” They will never have their hearts in this country. Their objective is to get as much as they can from the “gringos.” “For the race, everything. For others, nothing.” Isn’t that their motto?
When the going gets tough, the illegals go back home.
Careful with your comments about ditch diggers and roofers, Johnson. I’ve been both.
The issue is simple. The Illegal Invasion is draining our resources, denigrating our way of life, and ruining our economy. Why do our leaders allow it? The answer is also simple. Because many Americans, like many French during the German occupation of that country, benefit by collaborating with the Invaders to create a permanent serf class that will serve the rich, the land developers, the money handlers, etc., but will be supported by the taxes of those of us who pay the bills.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Our enemy is not the poor bastard standing on the street corner asking for work. It’s the politicians, the real estate saleman, the mortgage lender, and all the others who encourage him to sneak into this country and who exploit him. Find the employers who employ illegals, publish who they are, and treat them like the Free French treated the Nazi collaborators and you’ll see some real change.
and the homeowners that wants cheap labor to maintain their lawns. And the contractor that does not want to pay a living wage, or taxes, or workers comp. There is one reason and one reason only that the Illegal Immigrant comes here - because, we PAY them to come. And we keep PAYING them to stay.
And there are many politicians (mostly Republican) who want less regulation over business, and the net effect of that reduced regulation will be more immigrants working off the books.
Hey, Pat, you know what is really funny about your claim that homeowners want cheap labor? I have yet to see any “discounts” from companies for any project. Hmmm…seems like the only ones realizing any kind of benefit from “cheap labor” are the companies themselves. All one has to do is compute the labor rates and materials for any job and you will find ridiculous rates being charged. No wonder alot of companies present their offers as a “lump sum” (to hide the details). If I want any work done, I demand a cost breakout….surprisingly…alot of companies balk at this request. Oh…I do most of my work myself anyway.
Good for you, Patriot [Oh…I do most of my work myself anyway.]. Self-sufficiency is the key to economic freedom, be it at the micro or macro level.
The Patriot
FYI: - Just got a discount offer from Reston Painting & Contracting, a well established company I used several years back. I doubt very much that they use “cheap labor”.
“Hire us to paint 2 rooms in your home, and we’ll paint the 3rd room absolutely FREE! Must book bby July 31, 2009.”
Wish I were able to do that kind of job, but my husband forbade me to go near a paint brush after some “modern art” was created by my disobiedient brush.
Oh, I forgot - they do cost break downs to the tiniest detail.
California the Golden state, American future, is fast becoming the poster child for an bankrupt third world State!
An unholy alliance of Socialist Democrat politicians, Unions, and Illegal Aliens supporters are feasting at the trough of tax payers paid benefits while taxing & regulating business and the tax paying public into poverty.
The pandering of Left Wing Democrat Politicians to their constituency of Illegal Aliens, open border supporters, and unions are driving business and citizens to other states & countries, while leaving the parasites & welfare leeches in an increasing bankrupt, crime ridden, dysfunctional state!
For years California has ignored economics 101 and imported poverty, Criminals and uneducated Peons from Mexico, which increased Medical, Welfare, Crime, Prison, etc. & adding a estimated 16 billion per year to Calif. State expense to provide for the invading horde of Illegal Aliens while exporting business and educated working tax payers.
Like all Socialist & Marxist States the results have been a astronomical increase in social welfare, schooling, prison cost etc. and a lowing of Living standards, Education standards, Tax receipts & finally Bankruptcy.
Failure to abide by our Constitution against invasion & enforce our Immigration laws and constraints on wages and benefits for public employees will result in turning the Golden State into MexiCalif and the end of the California dream!
The policies of Obama and Wash. DC Democrats are intent on following Calif. policies and are resulting in the same creeping socialist process across American.
Amnesty & Citizenship as a reward for their invasion of the USA, will result in the rest of the USA turned into a Spanish speaking third world cesspool, modeled on Mexico and follow California into a polluted, over populated, Spanish speaking third world Nation of Crime, Corruption, Poverty, Cruelly & Misery!
This will result in a population depending on Welfare and the Democrat party, thus assuring the lock on power for the Socialist Democrat party of the United States of Mexico!
Here is an example of why hiring illegal aliens is not economically productive for the State of California…
You have 2 families…”Joe Legal” and “Jose Illegal”. Both families have 2 parents, 2 children and live in California.
“Joe Legal” works in construction, has a Social Security Number, and makes $25.00 per hour with payroll taxes
deducted….
“Jose Illegal” also works in construction, has “NO” Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash “under the table”.
Joe Legal…$25.00 per hour x 40 hours $1000.00 per week, $52,000 per year.
Now take 30% away for state federal tax…Joe Legal now has $31,231.00.
Jose Illegal…$15.00 per hour x 40 hours $600.00 per week, $31,200.00 per year.
Jose Illegal pays no taxes…
Jose Illegal now has $31,200.00
Joe Legal pays Medical and Dental Insurance with limited coverage $1000.00 per month $12,000.00 per year.
Joe Legal now has $19,231.00.
Jose Illegal has full Medical and Dental coverage through the state and local clinics at a cost of $0.00 per year.
Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal makes too much money is not eligible for Food Stamps or welfare.
Joe Legal pays for food $1,000.00 per month $12,000.00 per year.
Joe Legal now has $ 7,231.00.
Jose Illegal has no documented income and is eligible for Food Stamps and Welfare.
Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays rent of $1,000.00 per month $12,000.00 per year.
Joe Legal is now in the hole… minus (-) $4,769.00
Jose Illegal receives a $500 per month Federal rent subsidy
Jose Illegal pays rent $500.00 per month $6,000.00 per year.
Jose Illegal still has $25,200.00
Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job after work.
Jose Illegal has nights and weekends off to enjoy with his family.
Joe Legal’s and Jose Illegal’s children both attend the same school.
Joe Legal pays for his children’s lunches while Jose Illegal’s children get a government sponsored lunch.
Jose Illegal’s children have an after school ESL program. Joe Legal’s children go home.
Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same Police and Fire Services, but Joe paid for them and Jose did not pay.
Don’t vote/support any politician that supports illegal aliens…
Its PAST time to take a stand for America and Americans!
rebelreggie, And you have not even factored into the equation all the labor and worker’s comp. laws, regulations, and rules that have been violated. Plus the fact that citizens pay higher taxes so that the illegals can enjoy all those medical, educational, and other “free” benefits.
Wonder what the illegal’s hourly wages would be if you considered all those “in kind benefits”?
Is there anyway to check this out…my husband works construction with many illegal immigrants…some of these men have four and five children by the same , also illegal woman, living here with them..They don’t marry the women so they can get local aid…One man claims that his wife brings in more than him…2800 a month in aid for the her and these children..and does not work…they also get reduced housing..My husband had to be in the hospital for just one day and the bill was $16,000….at the bottom of the bill it says that if you are at or near the poverty level you may owe nothing..
How wacked is this….why should any of us work….where are our lawmakers…what will they do when Joe blue collar and Joe white collar just call it quits..