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  • Immigration is not the pox neo-Know Nothings make it out to be

    03/31/2006 12:13:03 PM PST · by Luis Gonzalez · 643 replies · 5,382+ views
    The Jewish World Review ^ | 4/31/2006 | Tony Snow
    Princeton University sociologist Douglas S. Massey reports that 62 percent of illegal immigrants pay income taxes (via withholding) and 66 percent contribute to Social Security. Forbes magazine notes that Mexican illegals aren't clogging up the social-services system: only 5 percent receive food stamps or unemployment assistance; 10 percent send kids to public schools. ~~~~snip~~~~ Economist Larry Kudlow praises Hispanic entrepreneurship: "According to 2002 Census Bureau data, Hispanics are opening businesses at a rate three times faster than the national average. In addition, there were almost 1.6 million Hispanic-owned businesses generating $222 billion in revenue in 2002." ~~~~snip~~~~ Total crime and...