1. A recent story in the Los Angeles times (June, 2002) stated that 40% OF ALL WORKERS in L.A. County are working for cash and not paying taxes. This was because they are predominantly illegal immigrants, working without a green card.
2. Over 2/3's of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal whose births were paid for by taxpayers.
3. Nearly 25% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally.
4. Over 100,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles county are living in garages.
5. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border.
6. Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal.
7. 21 radio stations in L.A. are Spanish speaking.
(All 7 from the Los Angeles Times)
Meanwhile the social and economic costs keep growing.
"The net cost of immigration is $70 billion a year." - George Borjas, Harvard professor. 2002 "Immigration is estimated to cost Californians $1,300 per household annually in additional taxes." -- Costly immigration, Paul Craig Roberts
"Immigration costs U.S. born workers $133 billion a year in job losses." - Economics professor George Borjas
The lifetime fiscal impact (taxes paid minus services used) for the average adult Mexican immigrant is a NEGATIVE $55,200, [Center for Immigration Studies, 2001].
Overall, migrants from around the world send $30 billion to relatives back home. $23 billion last year to Latin America and the Caribbean. $10 billion was sent home to Mexico alone. Filipino workers send $6 billion a year and 10,000 cash transfers are sent to China each month, averaging $2,000 to $3,000 each.
Over 70% of the United States annual population growth (and over 90% of California, Florida, and New York) results from immigration.
http://www.cis.org/Those are some eye-opening stats! Thank you for posting them.
I wish our next chance to vote for a decent President was sooner than November 2008.