DEFENDING ILLEGALS
A cluster of self-interest groups keeps defending the so-called rights of illegal aliens in this country. It includes social service groups, the media and employers.
The media endlessly runs the tear-jerk stories of "Juan" or "Juanita" who bravely traveled over miles of desert to reach the American Dream. It softpedals the ripoffs by illegals who come here to game the system. A pregnant Mexican woman "happened" to be visiting relatives in Los Angeles when she gave birth to cojoined twins. The babies immediately became U.S. citizens entitled to expensive (free) operations and medical care far superior to what their home country would provide. Guess who picks up the bills? California taxpayers, courtesy of Medical. The superficial media loves this kind of warm, fuzzy human interest story. A hard look shows that it's really one of greed and self-interest. Who wouldn't choose millions of dollars in free medical care if Americans are foolish enough to provide it? Why don't we bill the Mexican government? And why is the U.S. still giving precious citizenship to children of foreigners who time their kids' birth?
How about those 630,000 criminals that the government estimates are part of the 12 million illegal aliens in the U.S.? They include murderers, rapists and felons. They'll be deported if the feds can find them. But meanwhile they threaten the flimsy argument about how "beneficial" illegals are to the country.
Social services and church groups defend alien "rights," but what right have the illegals got to be in the country in the first place? Should we ignore our laws and borders and let anyone who wants come in? Those groups are not selfless advocates. They need the illegals to justify and perpetuate their own jobs. The groups claim to be doing charitable work, but the American public is picking up the bill. And we can't even claim a charitable deduction on our income taxes.
Probably the worse defenders are the hypocritical employers who claim they can't be responsible for phony documents or made-up Social Security numbers that illegals use to take jobs from Americans. The damage they cause to the economy shows up, for example, in the janitorial segment which used to be manned by Americans in unions earning up to $19 an hour. Today in that employment sector, Hispanics make up nearly one in five janitors and the rate in Southern California dropped to between $8.50 and $11 an hour. Again, greed, not patriotism, motivates employers. Americans are priced out of the jobs when wages drop, unions are decimated and employee health costs are shifted to taxpayer programs. What a bonus for employers who line their own pockets.
The State of Georgia passed a law to start in 2007 to make it harder for illegal immigrants to get jobs and tap into certain public-funded benefits. The media highlights this as a disaster for real estate brokers because Hispanics are hesitating to buy homes.
Defenders of illegal immigration always claim that the aliens are on the whole a benefit to the economy. Yet no one has provided a cost-benefit analysis of the damage done to the economy and the fabric of our society. There are too many self-motivated interest groups pushing against such a realistic analysis.
A cluster of self-interest groups keeps defending the so-called rights of illegal aliens in this country. It includes social service groups, the media and employers.
The media endlessly runs the tear-jerk stories of "Juan" or "Juanita" who bravely traveled over miles of desert to reach the American Dream. It softpedals the ripoffs by illegals who come here to game the system. A pregnant Mexican woman "happened" to be visiting relatives in Los Angeles when she gave birth to cojoined twins. The babies immediately became U.S. citizens entitled to expensive (free) operations and medical care far superior to what their home country would provide. Guess who picks up the bills? California taxpayers, courtesy of Medical. The superficial media loves this kind of warm, fuzzy human interest story. A hard look shows that it's really one of greed and self-interest. Who wouldn't choose millions of dollars in free medical care if Americans are foolish enough to provide it? Why don't we bill the Mexican government? And why is the U.S. still giving precious citizenship to children of foreigners who time their kids' birth?
How about those 630,000 criminals that the government estimates are part of the 12 million illegal aliens in the U.S.? They include murderers, rapists and felons. They'll be deported if the feds can find them. But meanwhile they threaten the flimsy argument about how "beneficial" illegals are to the country.
Social services and church groups defend alien "rights," but what right have the illegals got to be in the country in the first place? Should we ignore our laws and borders and let anyone who wants come in? Those groups are not selfless advocates. They need the illegals to justify and perpetuate their own jobs. The groups claim to be doing charitable work, but the American public is picking up the bill. And we can't even claim a charitable deduction on our income taxes.
Probably the worse defenders are the hypocritical employers who claim they can't be responsible for phony documents or made-up Social Security numbers that illegals use to take jobs from Americans. The damage they cause to the economy shows up, for example, in the janitorial segment which used to be manned by Americans in unions earning up to $19 an hour. Today in that employment sector, Hispanics make up nearly one in five janitors and the rate in Southern California dropped to between $8.50 and $11 an hour. Again, greed, not patriotism, motivates employers. Americans are priced out of the jobs when wages drop, unions are decimated and employee health costs are shifted to taxpayer programs. What a bonus for employers who line their own pockets.
The State of Georgia passed a law to start in 2007 to make it harder for illegal immigrants to get jobs and tap into certain public-funded benefits. The media highlights this as a disaster for real estate brokers because Hispanics are hesitating to buy homes.
Defenders of illegal immigration always claim that the aliens are on the whole a benefit to the economy. Yet no one has provided a cost-benefit analysis of the damage done to the economy and the fabric of our society. There are too many self-motivated interest groups pushing against such a realistic analysis.
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