On a brighter note: How DARE you differ or disagree with the impassioned arguments of the true believers! ;>
What we get in return for massive illegal immigration:
The worst pollution in the Northern Hemisphere is right on our southern border, from mountains of refuse being left there by border crossers.
Closing hospitals that go bankrupt treating illegals. 80 California Hospitals have closed because of this. Illegals are breaking the back of our medical system. Many illegals come to the US just to get treated for their diseases....and it is free. This also causes increased healthcare costs for Americans.
Unlicensed, uninsured, untaught and often drunk drivers causing havoc on our roads killing about 13 Americans per day!
Diseases we had all but eradicated....multi drug resistant (MDR) TB, Leprosy, Chagas Disease(1 in 3 die), malaria, plague, polio, dengue, head lice, hepatitis A, B, and C.
Each illegal with MDR-TB coughs and infects 10 to 30 people, who will not show symptoms immediately. Latent disease explodes later. MDR-TB has a 60% death rate. It can be treated over 24 months at a cost of $250,000 and toxic side effects.
Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, was so rare in America that in 40 years only 900 people were afflicted. Suddenly, in the past three years America has more than 7,000 cases of leprosy. Leprosy now is endemic to northeastern states because illegal aliens and other immigrants brought leprosy from India, Brazil, the Caribbean and Mexico.
Increased crime, gang activity, particularly MS-13, identity theft, drug flow. smuggling, humand trafficking and slavery. Overcrowing of prisons....30% of federal inmates are illegals.
Higher taxes to cover costs of schools, police and law enforcement and maintenace of higher prison populations.
Refusal to adapt to the English language and forcing some school districts to think of hiring Mexicans from Mexico to teach the children of illegals in American schools
Increasing rate of unemployment of Americans who are displaced by illegals.
Depression of wages and a lower standard of living for many Americans
hitting hardest at minority workers and those without high school degrees
Draining off of our social benefits....36 to 42 percent of illegal aliens are on welfare.
Higher housing, food and energy costs.
Illegals are living 20-50 people in a single home times an unfathomable number of homes in neighborhoods across America. They are breaking in unoccupied residences and living in boathouses.
Numerous neighborhoods have been reduced in value because of overcrowing by illegals.
Increased terrorism risks
Devaluation of our citizenship
Erosion of our national identity.
Lower tax revenues, since much of their work is off the books. Much of the economy is underground. Illegals send billions of untaxed dollars back home each year....It is Mexico's 3rd largest source of income.
Illegal immigration also contributes to the dramatic population growth overwhelming communities across America--crowding school classrooms, consuming already limited affordable housing, and straining precious natural resources like water, energy, and forestland.
Illegal immigration causes substantial harm to American citizens and legal immigrants, particularly those in the most vulnerable sectors of our population--the poor, minorities, and children.
Loss of our sovereignty, culture, language, customs and traditions.
The Center for Immigration Studies estimates that the average Mexican illegal alien costs U.S. taxpayers a whopping $55,000 each. Some bargain, eh?
To name just a few. Let me know if you can think of any more to add to the list.
Excellent PDF on illegals and medicine:
http://www.jpands.org/vol10no1/cosman.pdf
There IS a cure for not knowing the facts, what there is no cure for, is STUPIDITY and refusing to accept hard, cold facts. :-(
As to the last bit.....ROTFLOL