[glc1173@aol.com]

"Illegal immigration is a federal responsibility - why should the taxpayers of the impacted states be required to shoulder the bills?"

It's very simple. Those very-few states choice of both high welfare benefits and even welfare for aliens not funded by Washington entices illegals to them!

Kalifornia and Texas are both border states - each having long borders with Mexico. Whey do you think half the total aliens in the U.S. are in Kalifornia - rather than Texas?

[FITZ]

The entire border is being declared an economic disaster area so it's getting large amounts of federal funds anyhow. They're bailing out our county hospital because it was on the verge of bankrupcy ---in spite of huge taxes to the local property owner and almost no citizens use that hospital anymore. So you are paying now whether you like it or not---but the locals still pay more. Also we just got huge federal bucks to salvage our local schools.

[sarcasm]

Most of the costs incurred by illegal aliens (education & health care) are mandated by the federal government. This is a federal responsibility as they have done nothing to control the problem.