WILL THE GOP PROMISES ILLEGALS ANOTHER 49 EASILY LOOTED MEXIFORNIAS LIKE OBAMA DID?
Jose Pescador Osuna, Mexican Consul General We are practicing "La Reconquista" in California."
Jose Pescador Osuna, Mexican Consul General We are practicing "La Reconquista" in California."
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Monday, February 11, 2008
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"Comprehensive
Immigration Reform" needs to be considered realistically. This is massive
Amnesty for every illegal alien who can claim, even fraudulently, that they
somehow qualify.
The next
question is what is likely to be the impact of these
illegals on our nation. This topic has been extensively researched and the results are highly negative. A number of references make this point all to clearly.
illegals on our nation. This topic has been extensively researched and the results are highly negative. A number of references make this point all to clearly.
1. The
1997 National Academy of Sciences study found that each low-skilled immigrant
costs $89,000 over the course of his/her lifetime. See http://bit.ly/98KcJf
“The NRC
estimates indicated that the average immigrant without a high school education
imposes a net fiscal burden on public coffers of $89,000 during the course of
his or her lifetime. The average immigrant with only a high school education
creates a lifetime fiscal burden of $31,000.”
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2. There
is little evidence that the children, grandchildren, and
great-grandchildren of illegals will do much better. Samuel Huntington looked at this subject in his book, “Who Are We”. See Table 9.1 on page 234 or http://bit.ly/foZPxH. The bottom line is that educational attainment rises from the first to the second generation and then plateaus at levels far below the national average. For example, even by the fourth generation only 9.6% of Mexican-Americans have a post-high school degree.
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great-grandchildren of illegals will do much better. Samuel Huntington looked at this subject in his book, “Who Are We”. See Table 9.1 on page 234 or http://bit.ly/foZPxH. The bottom line is that educational attainment rises from the first to the second generation and then plateaus at levels far below the national average. For example, even by the fourth generation only 9.6% of Mexican-Americans have a post-high school degree.
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3. The
Heritage foundation found that low-skill immigrant
households impose huge tax costs on Americans. See “The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer” (http://bit.ly/98MAOo). The summary is
households impose huge tax costs on Americans. See “The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer” (http://bit.ly/98MAOo). The summary is
“In FY
2004, low-skill immigrant households received $30,160 per household in
immediate benefits and services (direct benefits, means-tested benefits,
education, and population-based services). In general, low-skill immigrant
households received about $10,000 more in government benefits than did the
average U.S. household, largely because of the higher level of means-tested
welfare benefits received by low-skill immigrant households. In contrast,
low-skill immigrant households pay less in taxes than do other households. On
average, low-skill immigrant households paid only $10,573 in taxes in FY 2004.
Thus, low-skill immigrant households received nearly three dollars in immediate
benefits and services for each dollar in taxes paid. A household’s net fiscal deficit
equals the cost of benefits and services received minus taxes paid. When the
costs of direct and means-tested benefits, education, and population-based
services are counted, the average low-skill household had a fiscal deficit of
$19,588 (expenditures of $30,160 minus $10,573 in taxes).”
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4. Heather
MacDonald has written extensively on the bleak realities of mass unskilled
immigration. I recommend “Seeing Today’s Immigrants Straight” (http://bit.ly/hl5aZP). Key quote
“If
someone proposed a program to boost the number of Americans who lack a high
school diploma, have children out of wedlock, sell drugs, steal, or use
welfare, he’d be deemed mad. Yet liberalized immigration rules would do just
that. The illegitimacy rate among Hispanics is high and rising faster than that
of other ethnic groups; their dropout rate is the highest in the country;
Hispanic children are joining gangs at younger and younger ages. Academic
achievement is abysmal.”
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5. Edward
P. Lazear’s (CEA / Harvard Economics) paper “Mexican Assimilation in the United
States” has a wealth of statistics showing the raw deal from south of the
border. Summary quote.
“By almost
any measure, immigrants from Mexico have performed worse and become assimilated
more slowly than immigrants from other countries. Still, Mexico is a huge
country, with many high ability people who could fare very well in the United
States. Why have Mexicans done so badly? The answer is primarily immigration
policy.”
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See also
“Lazear on Immigration” (http://bit.ly/eGV9iR).
Money quote
“Immigrants
from Mexico do far worse when they migrate to the
United States than do immigrants from other countries. Those difficulties are more a reflection of U.S. immigration policy than they are of underlying cultural differences. The following facts from the 2000 U.S. Census reveal that Mexican immigrants do not move into mainstream American society as rapidly as do other immigrants.”
United States than do immigrants from other countries. Those difficulties are more a reflection of U.S. immigration policy than they are of underlying cultural differences. The following facts from the 2000 U.S. Census reveal that Mexican immigrants do not move into mainstream American society as rapidly as do other immigrants.”
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