Reply #132: The studies don't show that they carry their weight...

[jerry611]

The cost by the average taxpayer to take care of the illegal aliens is $90,000 each. Now since most Americans can't afford $90,000, where are we supposed to get this cash from? Increase the national debt?
And when I say take care of them I mean healthcare, education, and living expenses. The average visit to the Emergency Room is $600. Do you think that the illegal immigrants that go to the ER will pay for that bill? No. They don't have that kind of cash on hand. They don't have insurance or credit cards. And because there is a federal law, the hospital can't turn them away. Fine. But someone still has to pay that bill. And if the government won't pay, the illegal won't pay...who ends up paying? ME! YOU! And every other legal American taxpayer. In my opinion, that is wrong. Very wrong.

And what about the schools? We have a teacher shortage. Schools are beyond capacity before they are even built. Test scores are declining. And you think adding to the population won't make the problem worse?

As far as national security, you really think that we having the 2 longest unprotected borders in the world favors our national security? Give me a break. No one else has a problem controlling their borders but us. Why is that? Do you know how the Soviet Union got their spies inside America? They didn't have to do anything fancy. All they did was go in through Canada.