[TomGuy]

An under-current on Capitol Hill seems to be that the Amnesty is not necessarily a done deal. Dems read the tea leaves and know which way the wind is blowing. They seem to know that, to retain power, they cannot push through this Amnesty.

So, Tony Snow's glee last Tuesday night and GW's glee at the presser last Wednesday at having a Congress he can work with to get a 'comprehensive immigration plan' may not be as easy as they had hoped.

[VOA]

The National Academy of Sciences has estimated that each
immigrant without a high school degree will cost U.S. taxpayers,
on average, $89,000 over the course of his or her lifetime.[3]

I PERSONALLY know one member of The National Academy of Sciences
that is very happy with the situation.
That cheap labor to landscape his house and keep his pool clean
is like a needle in the vein.

As far as I can tell, he'd keep running in more illegals so he
can get even cheaper labor.
Because all us taxpayers are suckers that subsidize the habit.

[ImpBill]

Living less than 3 miles from the Rio Grande River in Brownsville, TX, one doesn't have to read The Heritage Foundation to understand this.

[MNJohnnie]

And people were SO pissed off about this they ran to the polls and fired the ONLY people in DC, the US House Republican, who were serious about Border Security.

The irony of this would be wildly funny if the cosequences for out Country were not so serious.

[Wormwood]

My favorite bit of GOP Cargo Cult thinking: any day now the vast Hispanic middle class will magically vote Republican because they can be swayed by the pied piper of social conservatism.

Meanwhile, millions of uneducated peasants are streaming into the country with their hands out.

Gosh, let's keep out fingers crossed that the permanent underclass cares more about gay marriage than government handouts.

[MarkL]

In pervious years, (legal) immigrants needed to be sponsored, in order to make sure that they would not become a drag on the finances of society. There were no social services available to them. It was terrific incentive to become productive and merge with the greater society, creating the strength of the "Melting Pot."

That's not how it is any more. But it's the way it needs to be done.

Mark

[therut]

I live in a rural area in the South.. Have lived here my whole life. Never have I seen a white power, black power etc type of attitude till today. Car in front at stop light had a large rearview window decal..BROWN POWER.

[Ben Ficklin]

Does this mean that if we could deport all the illegals, we would all be rich?

[rottndog]

The National Academy of Sciences has estimated that each immigrant without a high school degree will cost U.S. taxpayers, on average, $89,000 over the course of his or her lifetime.[3] This is a net cost above the value of any taxes the immi­grant will pay and does not include the cost of educating the immigrant’s children, which U.S. taxpayers would also heavily subsidize.

In this way, the roughly six million legal immigrants without a high school diploma will impose a net cost of around a half-trillion dollars on U.S. taxpayers over their lifetimes.

Hey Dane--some more inconvenient facts for you.

Are you still in love with illegal aliens?