Excessive immigration is sinking Golden State

ContraCostaTimes.com ^ | Oct. 05, 2003 | Yeh Ling-Ling

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

EXCESSIVE immigration has direct impact on Californians' most basic concerns. It affects the economic and political future of California and the United States. Even so, this critical issue has been largely ignored by most leaders.

There are at least 400,000 illegal immigrant students in California's schools. The cost of educating a child averages $6,000 or more a year. Illegal immigrant parents are mostly low-skilled. Even if they do pay taxes, their tax payments are not enough to offset the cost of educating their children, let alone other expensive services and infrastructure.

Currently, more than 25 percent of our federal prison inmates are illegal aliens who committed crimes. Many county hospitals are on the verge of bankruptcy because of the care that they provide to illegal immigrant families.

[Uncle Hal]

How did this article get past the editors? I believe the CC Times a very liberal newspaper.

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[dagnabbit]

Don't worry. These Hispanic illegal aliens are culturally natural conservatives, so as they gain citizenship, they'll mostly vote GOP. That's why in California statewide races... oh..never mind.

[Amerigomag]

There are at least 400,000 illegal immigrant students in California's schools.

Not even close..

At a minimum, over 35% of the students in California's public schools are a direct consequence of unregulated, illegal immigration since 1950. That number is projected to reach 50% within my short, remainng lifespan

In early March of this year 50% of the births in California were of Hispanic ansestory and based on relatively stable demographics prior to 1950 almost 85% of those children can reasonably be expected to trace their recent ancestory to at least one illegal immigrant.

This primary causal factor has reached such proportions that it's now effecting California's economy in a weak financial period. If the trend continues unckecked, it will dominate state spending in even a booming economy. California's economic potential, as great as it is, can't outrun the current rate of immigration due to the entitlments created for those immigrants within the last 10 years. The trend, if it continues to rise at it's present rate will simply swamp the production of taxable revenue..

Leave it to the liberal media to provide plausible denial to the unwillingness of it's liberal governanve to address to fudamental cause of California's current financial distress

[John Beresford Tipton]

"How did this article get past the editors?"

Perhaps an editor had his house broken into by an illegal?

Remember, "a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged"

[John Beresford Tipton]

"These Hispanic illegal aliens are culturally natural conservatives"

LOL,
STAT, get him off the Bush Kool-Ade, Stat!

[goodnesswins]

Hmmmm....look at its author's name...

[VU4G10]

Third World collapsing California.

[dagnabbit]

No, No it's true. Karl Rove told me so.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

ping

[heleny]

The cost of educating a child averages $6,000 or more a year.

According to Tom McClintock, it's $9,000 per child per year, or $270,000 per 30-pupil classroom per year. Of course, too much of that money pays for the burgeoning education bureacracy instead of going directly to the classrooms.

[Snerfling]

Well duh. I mean, is this still news for some people? Make you feel good to go over the same old sh*t over and over again 10 years after 187? The bottom line is that Calif is cooked for the middle class.

For the fortunate few that live by the coast, we're ok. But my kids aren't going to enjoy the same place I grew up in.

The real value of FR is to source out emerging trends, not rehash the same old, same old. What I'm watching is how the inevitable is to going to impact investment opportunities.

The rich in Mexico, Brazil and other 3rd world countries still make money. I'm trying to figure out how to apply the same logic here. I mean, it's like we've got this giant crystal ball predicting with 100% accuracy what's gonna happen; we just got to figure out what to do with the information.

[NormsRevenge]

Of course, too much of that money pays for the burgeoning education bureacracy instead of going directly to the classrooms.

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But bureaucrats have to eat too. ;-)

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[tkathy]

I wonder if California's core problems are with immigration and cutting a few programs and firing a few bureaucrats will not make a hill of beans difference. Could be big problem for Arnold. Wonder how he will deal with this?

[ctonious]

I wonder if California's core problems are with immigration and cutting a few programs and firing a few bureaucrats will not make a hill of beans difference. Could be big problem for Arnold. Wonder how he will deal with this?

This is what I don't understand. There's not a chance in hell that he'll be able to fix the problems with a Commie-nist legislature, rampant hordes of illegal immimgrants, and a generally infantile electorate - but he WILL be the one blamed. Count on it. Better to let it explode in Davis' or Bustamente's face. Then again...I don't live in California (anymore).

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

The nation's borders are a federal problem. I heard Arnold say that he would be applying to the federal government for more funding due to the costs of illegals. Maybe that appropriate pressure will prove meaningful. All governors should do the same; pass the costs of illegals onto those who have the power to stop it.

[ridesthemiles]

The nation's borders are a federal problem

Technically, that may be. I feel that is the 4 governors of the border states would call out the National Guard and put them to work stopping the immigrants, then the Feds would get a real clue of the huge numbers on invaders.
That's what they are -invaders. No one should think otherwise.
As hard as Arnold worked to get his citizenship, it is possible that he will take a stronger stand on the illigal problem. I certainly hope so.

[Val E. Girl]

Yesterday I was shopping at Ross in my hometown of Camarillo in Ventura County. I thought I was in a Guatemalen Day Care Center. There were children sitting on the floor blocking the aisles, others running around the store yelling and manhandling the merchandise while the parents were obviously, unconcerned. It is never more apparent, than when I venture out for shopping at the outlet center, of the massive immigrant population in So. Cal.