And Ronald Reagan signed that true amnesty.
Dr. Donald Huddle, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Rice University, found that in 1997 immigration cost the American taxpayer a net (after subtracting taxes immigrants pay) $70 billion per year, and if current trends continue, the costs for the 1998-2007 decade will be a net $932 billion. Americans are already suffering heavy levels of taxation, much of which is used for social services and related infrastructure costs associated with accommodating the newest members of our society.
According to Dr. George Borjas of Harvard University native born workers lose $152 billion annually because of job displacement and wage depression caused by immigration.
http://www.carryingcapacity.org/aa3.html
# In 1986, Congress granted amnesty to 3.1 million illegal aliens
And Ronald Reagan signed that true amnesty.
Yes and he later said he regreted it...
I've already stated that Reagan's amnesty program didn't work; otherwise, we wouldn't be trying to do it all over again.
What does your defending and support of illegals have to do with Reagan's already proven unsuccessful amnesty position/plan?
Amnesty for illegal aliens
An amnesty for illegal aliens forgives their act of illegal immigration and implicitly forgives other related illegal acts such as driving and working using false documents. The result of an amnesty is that large numbers of foreigners who illegally gained entry into the United States are rewarded with legal status for their breaking the law. In January, 2004 President Bush Proposed an earned legalization program for illegal aliens. This is an amnesty under another name.
http://www.theamericanresistance.com/issues/amnesty.html
INVASION USA
Illegal aliens threaten
U.S. medical system
Docs journal reports hospitals being closed, previously vanquished diseases being spread
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In fact, the increasing number of illegal aliens coming into the United States is forcing the closure of hospitals, spreading previously vanquished diseases and threatening to destroy America's prized health-care system, says a report in the spring issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.
"The influx of illegal aliens has serious hidden medical consequences," writes Madeleine Pelner Cosman, author of the report. "We judge reality primarily by what we see. But what we do not see can be more dangerous, more expensive, and more deadly than what is seen."
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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43275
And that was wrong then as this shamnesty is wrong now.