Illegal Immigration Costs Florida $4.3 Billion a Year, Report Says

CNS ^

[Happy2BMe]

Illegal Immigration Costs Florida $4.3 Billion a Year, Report Says
By Melanie Hunter
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
August 08, 2005

(CNSNews.com) - A report by an immigration reform group shows that illegal immigration costs the state of Florida at least $4.3 billion a year in health care, education and incarceration costs.

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) predicts the state's costs of illegal immigration will increase to nearly $8 billion a year within 10 years unless it is controlled.

"Average Floridians are being asked to pay dearly for the failure of the federal government to control illegal immigration, and for a small number of business interests in the state addicted to low-wage illegal alien labor," said Dan Stein, president of FAIR, in a statement.

"The $4.3 billion being spent on illegal immigrants and their families means those resources are not available to improve and upgrade Florida's woefully overcrowded schools and overburdened public hospitals," said Stein.

"Nor are those funds available for urgent infrastructure repairs needed as a result of the succession of devastating hurricanes that ravaged the state in the last several years," Stein added.

FAIR used Census and other data to estimate the size of Florida's illegal immigrant population to be 630,000, which is larger than the populations of Tampa and St. Petersburg combined.

The costs to Floridians, according to the report, is more than $4 billion a year in providing public education to the children of illegal immigrants, about $165 million a year in non-reimbursed costs for health care, and about $155 million a year to jail illegal aliens in county and state correctional facilities.

"In reality, low-wage illegal alien labor is prohibitively expensive, when the costs of vital public services are factored into the equation," Stein saidd. "Average Floridians are being forced to subsidize illegal immigration and the burden will increase rapidly unless federal, state and local governments begin working together to stem the massive influx."

[bayourod]

Illegal Immigrants Contribute 800 Billion Dollars To The GDP Each Year

[roofer]

THE REASON THAT ALL OUR ROOFS ARE FLYING OFF IS THEY ARE INSTALLED INCORRECTLY BY PEOPLE THAT DON’T CARE DON’T KNOW MANUFACTURE SPECIFICATIONS AND JUST DON’T CARE YOU KNOW NO COMPRENDO WELL FLORIDA ROOFING COMPANIES AND COUNTY INSPECTORS STATEFARMS, ALLSTATE. USAA, AND ALL OTHER INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE BEING EDUCATED AS WE SPEAK AND YOU LOW PAYING BUDDY PASSING INSPECTORS GET READY YES IT’S LONG OVER DUE.KARMA

[roofer]

Yes the reason that all the our roofs are blowing off is incorrect installation by people that don’t know manufacture specifications and just don’t care you know no comprendo well low paying roofing company and county inspectors all insurance companies did get the memo and it’s time for you to be held accountable remember when your roof blows-off the proof is in the pudding and lawsuites will be handed out like candy.karma.well bye