Posted on 06/15/2005 1:11:25 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Nearly one-third of families headed by illegal aliens have children who are U.S. citizens, according to a new study that also found that since the 1990s, more foreigners have entered the U.S. illegally than legally. "The large number of U.S. citizen children born to parents with no legal status highlights one of the thorniest dilemmas in developing policies to deal with the unauthorized population," said Roberto Suro, director of the Pew Hispanic Center, which produced the report based on the 2004 Current Population Survey, a project of the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. As Congress and President Bush debate creating a guest-worker program for foreign workers, one key question is whether those workers could bring their families. Mr. Bush has said he supports letting such workers bring their families, but others oppose that because it raises the possibility of so-called "anchor babies," citizen children who are later allowed to petition for legal status for other family members. The president has also called for a broad immigration plan that lets families remain together, which would make it almost impossible to deport illegal aliens who have children who are U.S. citizens. Of 6.3 million illegal alien families in the United States in 2004, 59 percent had no children. Another 24 percent had only U.S. citizen children, 10 percent had children who were not U.S. citizens and another 7 percent had some children who were U.S. citizens and some who were not.
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I agree. It's not a problem. Just because the kids are citizens we aren't going to try and keep them here are we.
You are both mistaken and unnecessarily crude.
"Cheney said that our military was not properly trained to patrol our border and that it was not part of their mission...
"THE MILITARY IS NOT TRAINED TO REPEL FOREIGN INVASIONS???"
No, they're not trained to enforce immigration law...which is exactly what Cheney said.
I support making English the official language of the United States. Furthermore, I support revoking the citizenship any adult who doesn't understand it and throwing them out of the country. C-ya!
"Just because the kids are citizens we aren't going to try and keep them here are we."
Some putatively "pro-life" folks I've met would support retroactive abortion as long as the abortee is of illegal immigrant parents.
The economy would get better.
1. The job availability would be there for kids (who used to do these jobs) -- IIRC teenage unemployment in the inner city is 20-25%
2. There would be a general rise in wages, which would seem inflationary EXCEPT:
3. There would be an almost instant windfall to the tune of soemthing like 8 BILLION a single year in California ALONE. Taxes would have to be cut (we need to keep Arnold around) and the net difference would be put in our pockets.
Lower taxes tend to keep inflation down (in a strange way).
1. Why do we have a law that says that any baby born here is automatically a citizen, even if the parents are illegal immigrants?
2. Why is there no movement to change this law?
The businesses involved would hire American citizens or legal immigrants or become more efficient so as not to need those people. The notion that there are "jobs Americans won't do", so we have to legitimize illegal immigrants is bullshit.
I would bet that the net effect of illegals on the overall economy is actually negative (cost in extra taxes to pay for "social services, loss of "multiplier effect dollars" on the BILLIONS of dollars that they send back to the home country instead of those dollars remaining in the USA and recycling in the local economy, and so forth). The specific business that hires the illegals might actually save a bit on wages, but the total economy suffers a loss.
Only a third have anchors
Something must be wrong in that report
That just shows us how crazy Americans are getting over it!
I think they are eating fertility pills the whole time they are crossing the desert.
I can't wait to hear Tancredo's running for President.
This issue has more bi-partisan support than any other and
our leaders had better take notice. We aren't going to accept any thing that even smells like amnesty.
I'm sure V.P Cheney remembers Operation Wetback (1953-54).
The border patrol, state police, local police etc.. got them out of the US then.
"I think they are eating fertility pills the whole time they are crossing the desert."
No, Americans are so ruthlessly aborting the next generation that people having babies has been made into a mark of shame, and so-called "conservatives" have bought the notion.
"I can't wait to hear Tancredo's running for President."
Yes, President Buchanan won in 1996 and 2000 campaigning on exactly this issue.
Feel free to spend your own money to take care of them and their illegal parents then. Leave my wallet alone.
"... if any business is so heavily reliant on illegal workers then it should be shut down as a criminal enterprise anyhow."
Brilliant.
You made an excellent point.
Thank you.
I read yesterday that each one of them costs the AMerican taxpayers $55,000.00 Multiply that by the millions in this country. Now, think where we could spend that money on our own people.
I am in complete agreement and those businesses relying on illegal workers would be equivalent to a retailer selling stolen merchandise. In both cases they should be shut down.
It wasn't but a few years ago when I could drive past construction sites and see young college age youngsters working on homes, roads and operating lawn care equipment (our property had a contract with a service that had almost an all girl crew :-) ). Now all I see are mostly Hispanics and the kids who once could earn part of their college tuition are now forced to take out larger student loans or deplete mom & dad's savings even more.
I thought this was going to be a George Noory story.
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