A Disturbing Luncheon on Immigration
I live in one of our states on the Mexican border in a very heavily populated metropolitan area. As you can imagine there are many Hispanic residents in the area.
I went to what I felt would be a rather mundane luncheon where a local law enforcement officer was the speaker.
However, when he began to talk about his experience with illegal immigrants it was disturbing. Let me start by saying I don't believe in trying to soften a person's illegal actions using mild, vague terms, like "undocumented." If you are undocumented you're illegal.
The speaker began by saying that 30% of the inhabitants of the county jail were illegal immigrants (remember a very large county and population) . They weren't arrested for being illegal immigrants. Only Homeland Security can actually arrest and deport them for being illegal.
That 30% of the county prison population has been arrested for allegedly committing some form of street crime, from theft to murder.
Since the law bars the jail from working the prisoners they watch TV and teach each other how to be better criminals when they've done their time. Then they're back out on the street until their deportation hearing, at which they may or may not show up.
If you think that illegal immigrants are all Hispanic you are wrong. There is also a large influx of Arabs, many from Yemen according to the speaker. They pay their guides as much as $15,000 to get across the border.
The cost to taxpayers is enormous to house and feed the jail population and provide other illegals social services, like schooling and medical care. Immigration advocates always argue that the "undocumented" pay sales tax so that they are not a burden on state resources.
Well, they don't pay any income taxes, and the cost of the social services they receive are much more than any revenue they produce in sales tax.
If you think illegals are only doing jobs others won't do, you're talking out of the top of your hat. That proposition has never been tested. If it's proven true then a guest worker program can be devised to fill any labor shortages.
My conclusion: build a wall first, fix the rest of the problem later. So much tax money is being wasted due to illegal immigration. We won't even know the full extent until we get control of the border.
I went to what I felt would be a rather mundane luncheon where a local law enforcement officer was the speaker.
However, when he began to talk about his experience with illegal immigrants it was disturbing. Let me start by saying I don't believe in trying to soften a person's illegal actions using mild, vague terms, like "undocumented." If you are undocumented you're illegal.
The speaker began by saying that 30% of the inhabitants of the county jail were illegal immigrants (remember a very large county and population) . They weren't arrested for being illegal immigrants. Only Homeland Security can actually arrest and deport them for being illegal.
That 30% of the county prison population has been arrested for allegedly committing some form of street crime, from theft to murder.
Since the law bars the jail from working the prisoners they watch TV and teach each other how to be better criminals when they've done their time. Then they're back out on the street until their deportation hearing, at which they may or may not show up.
If you think that illegal immigrants are all Hispanic you are wrong. There is also a large influx of Arabs, many from Yemen according to the speaker. They pay their guides as much as $15,000 to get across the border.
The cost to taxpayers is enormous to house and feed the jail population and provide other illegals social services, like schooling and medical care. Immigration advocates always argue that the "undocumented" pay sales tax so that they are not a burden on state resources.
Well, they don't pay any income taxes, and the cost of the social services they receive are much more than any revenue they produce in sales tax.
If you think illegals are only doing jobs others won't do, you're talking out of the top of your hat. That proposition has never been tested. If it's proven true then a guest worker program can be devised to fill any labor shortages.
My conclusion: build a wall first, fix the rest of the problem later. So much tax money is being wasted due to illegal immigration. We won't even know the full extent until we get control of the border.
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