Aren't illegal immigrants the backbone of America?

grldragon101

I agree with you. I see all these people that cry about immigrants taking away jobs, I don't think so!

I don't see anyone on welfare running to take the jobs scrubbing toilets for almost 20 years, something my OWN mother has done!

I don't see the women who sit on their arses watching daytime TV, and getting their nasty nails done, running to take my mom's job, scrubbing toilets at the local hospital.

Women who work for these nails salons, they sit in extremely uncomfortable positions, that will give them serious back problems for the rest of their lives. Who's ready to take those jobs?

There is so much ignorance, and hypocrisy in America today. For the person here who answered that if the anthem is going to be sung in Spanish, they'll move, then get your shait and get the funk out! I've lived here for 18 years, and I'd greatly appreciate hearing it once in Spanish, so I can appreciate the Star spangled banner, much better. Some words don't make sense to me, but I' willing to learn.

sQricky

What gives you that idea?

Made_in_America

curious_Dalton

The US has a 12 Trillion dollar economy, one-third of the worlds. Hispanic immigrants, legal or otherwise, may contribute as much as 600 Billion dollars to it. This figured would be highly contested and fought over to a certain degree. So, saying Hispanic immigrants, especially saying they are the"backbone" of our economy is naive. At this point I could talk about Europe's stagnant economies, and , in general Europe's weakening position in the world, but I don't like to be rude.

Lucky

Not at all.

Arizona is the temporary home of 500,000 illegal aliens. They cost Arizona taxpayers over $1 billion annually in services for schools, medical care, welfare anchor babies, loss of tax base and prisons. Illegals use those vehicles for smuggling more people and drugs from around the world into our country. When the vehicles are recovered, they are smashed-up wrecks in the desert. If not found, they have new owners south of the border as thieves drive the cars through the desert and into Mexico as easily as you drive your kids to soccer practice.

Illegal aliens displaced American workers at a cost in excess of $133 billion dollars last year according to Harvard Professor George Borjas. American citizens: College and high school kids cannot find a summer job in yard care, landscape, fast food or service jobs. Why? Illegal aliens work them at a third the wage and often, under the table.

Not only do young American not have jobs; their parents are paying taxes for illegal aliens who are not paying taxes.

Annually, 75 percent of drugs arrive from Mexico at a net cost of $120 billion hard currency that leaves our country for good. In addition, our tax dollars pay $80 billion for the War on Drugs each year. It is a war that hasnâ€™t been won in the past 30 years and drugs are as available today to your teenager as they were in 1970.

When an alien criminal gets caught for rape, murder or drug distribution, you pay $1.6 billion annually in prison costs to house, feed and clothe those filling 30 percent of our federal and state prisonsâ€”not to mention TV, movies, weight rooms and other entertainmentâ€”they enjoy while being incarcerated.

Over 300,000 women annually arrive pregnant and drop them on U.S. soil. The American taxpayer pays for food, housing, medical and schooling for them to age 18 PLUS their mother. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, average annual cost per child K-12 is $7,161.00 and exceeds $109 billion annually per cycle of anchor babies.

The average head of household illegal alien costs you $2,700.00 in welfare money over and above any taxes he or she pays in their meager paying jobs. With 15 to 20 million illegal aliens in the USA, that figures exceeds $20 billion of your tax dollars. (Source: Center for Immigration Studies, August 2004)

How about the $56 billion in pure cash illegal migrants sent to their home countries last year and every year? Thatâ€™s after their kids enjoyed free education, free lunches and free medical care paid for by you.

Mexico receives $15 billion annually from its worker drones. No wonder Vicente Fox sent us 9.2 million illegal alien Mexicans so far.

The lifetime net fiscal drainâ€”taxes paid minus services usedâ€”for an adult immigrant is $55,200.00 according to Carrying Capacity Network.

With a minimum of 15 million illegal aliens in our country, these figures are the tip of the iceberg. Average bilingual education is $1,200.00 per illegal alien student. Get this! We educate 1.1 million illegal alien children each year. The American public has paid $27 billion to provide forms, ballots, interpreters and brochures for languages other than English in 2003.

An estimated one-third to one-half illegal aliens work off the books. It costs $200 million to provide for emergency health care for illegal aliens in the Border States annually. California with over three million illegals paid $79 million, and four of their major LA hospitals bankrupted and shut their doors in 2004. Texas with 1.5 million illegal aliens paid $74 million in hospital care. Georgia ran a $63 million deficit for 64,000 unpaid doctor visits to their Grady Health Care system in 2002. Georgia taxpayers paid $27 million for 11,188 anchor baby hospital births. Georgia taxpayers paid a whopping $242 million for educating illegal alien kids in 2003.

What are the consequences? One in two adult African-Americans in New York is unemployed. African-American childrenâ€™s poverty grew by 50 percent since 1999. Why? Their dads canâ€™t find work.

It costs the taxpayer, $68 billion a year to pay for the resettlement of legal immigrants.

Only 22 companies in 2003 were taken to court for hiring illegal aliens. None went to jail. However, itâ€™s a $10,000.00 fine per illegal alien hired and up to five years in prison. You would think that would deter corporations. Not when theyâ€™ve bought off enforcement!

Who else figures in this grand scheme? Your governors and mayors who provide sanctuary laws for illegal aliens! Mayor Bloomberg of New York City, Governor Baldacci of Maine! Governor Bill Owens of Colorado! Mayor Hickenlooper of Denver! Mayor of Los Angeles! The Mayor of San Francisco! The Mayor of Chicago! The Mayor of Miami! How do we know? All those cities and dozens more give sanctuary to illegal aliens with Special Order 40.

Illegals remain in our country with exemption from arrestâ€”yet, they are federal criminals!

A national consensus on immigration is clear from the wide range of polls on the issue over the past several years: By overwhelming margins, Americans want to cut back drastically on immigrationâ€”not bring in new immigrants or legalize those who are already here illegally.

Limiting immigration has the overwhelming support of most Americans, regardless of party affiliation or race.

â€¢ 65% of voters favor stopping all immigration into the U.S. during the war on terrorism.

â€¢ 92% of voters favor â€œimposing stricter immigration and border crossing polices.â€

â€¢ 84% of Americans support tighter restrictions on immigration.

â€¢ 77% think the government is not doing enough â€œto control the border and to screen people allowed into the country.â€

â€¢ 85% strongly/somewhat agree â€œthat enforcement of immigration laws and the border has been too lax and has made it easier for the terrorists to enter.â€

â€¢ 72% think that â€œa dramatic increase in resources devoted to border control and enforcement of immigration laws would help reduce the chances of future terrorist attacks.â€

â€¢ Six in ten Americans support reducing legal immigration levels.

â€¢ 77% of respondents in a CNN poll opposed granting amnesty to illegal immigrants.

â€¢ 53% of Americans said the number of legal immigrants allowed into the U.S. should be decreased. Only 6% wanted to see it increased.

â€¢ 41% of Republicans and 45% of Democrats support stopping legal immigration altogether.

â€¢ 72% of Americans think immigration should be reduced,

â€¢ A Roper poll in January found that 83% of Americans favor a lower immigration level. 70% favor restricting immigration to less than 300,000 new immigrants a year (including 70% of Republicans, 73% of African-Americans, and 52% of Hispanics). Most want even larger cuts: 54% favor an immigration level of below 100,000 a year. 20% support no immigration at all.

The same Roper poll found that a large majority (75%) supports strong laws to identify and deport illegal immigrants. Only 10% disagree with strict laws against the removal of illegal immigrants. The strongest supporters of tough measures against illegal immigrants are self-styled political moderates (78%), strongly religious (76%), whites (77%), Protestants (82%), and Midwesterners (85%). 76% of Democrats, 76% of Republicans, 78% of self-described middle-of-the-roaders, and 60% of Hispanics (English-speaking) also support tough laws against illegal immigrants.

â€¢ 52% of all Americans favor a five-year ban on all legal and illegal immigration to the U.S., including 54% of all Republicans and 48% of all Democrats.

â€¢ 50% favor a law that would stop all legal immigration into the U.S. for the next five years.

â€¢ 63% of Americans think immigration levels are too high, including 66% of Republicans and 60% of Democrats.

â€¢ 62% of Americans think immigration levels should be decreased, 27% think the present levels should remain, and 12% say they should be increased.

Some lawmakers are particularly concerned with the attitudes of Hispanics on the immigration issue. Polls show that Hispanic Americans, like all Americans, support cutbacks in immigration.

â€¢ 89% of Hispanic Americans strongly support an immediate moratorium on immigration. 74% feel fewer immigrants should be allowed and stronger restrictions should be enforced.

â€¢ Hispanics favor reducing immigration by a margin of 53% to 35% in Texas, 48% to 40% in New York, and 47% to 39% in Florida. Rudolfo de la Garza, a University of Texas at Austin professor and one of the directors of the study, said: â€œU.S born Mexican-Americans believe that they suffer a lower quality of services because of the excess demand on them generated by the immigrants.â€

â€¢ 43% of Hispanics nationwide think the government is not doing enough to stop illegal immigration. The more established Hispanics are in the United States, the more likely they are to think the government is not doing enough to curb illegal immigration. 37% of foreign-born Hispanics believe not enough is being done; that belief increases to 45% of first-generation Hispanics and half of second-generation Hispanics.

joshrocksvegas

Thats funny.
No.
Whats that...
Are founding fathers are turning in their graves.

imnoangel

cosmosclara

No, the hardworking people of America -- those who pay taxes and are not criminals -- are the "backbone" of America.

That's my "nutshell" answer.

mybabymydestiny

I know I wouldn't do the jobs they do for as much as they get paid, I wouldn't even do those jobs.

hayleylov

illegals lol i think we will make it all right thanks for the concern

madisonsuicide

cheap and free labor built this country into what it is today, there is no doubt about that...and in this day and age of greed, companies want every single penny they can milk from the system and people's wallets...so yep..it continues to be a driving force of the american backbone.

blkjzus

HELL NO!!! They are the future if America is destined to go down the toilet. It is not the immigrants but the corporations that are posing the threat. The immigrants are just tools of exploitation. Immigrants do not bring anything to the table that Americans can not.

Tony G

No, sternum.

knowmeansknow

Yes, they are the backbone of America.

And, those who say they don't pay taxes are grossly misinformed. Without illegal immigrants, our entire economy would collapse. That is a fact.

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jaantoo doesn't hate illegal immigrants, she hates all Mexicans! What a country!

tootie_ta

No. America got along just fine before we had all of em taking over the neighborhoods. I have a cousin right now that is tying to get a job as a construction worker for the summer but can't because all the jobs are taken by Mexicans. If Mexicans want to make a difference and create a bright future, why don't they do it for their own country. If the future of America is the national anthem in Spanish, then I'm moving.

PANCHA

nope.

Fluffy

if they didnt do it someone else would.. look at all of OUR countries homeless, you think maybe that guy on the corner might want a job?

there are plenty of people that would fill their shoes.

Menifeedave

The future of this country is in the hands of the Voting CITIZENS and not a few million illegals.

madee

i agree with the jobs part but that was a decision they made themselves but the future of america? first of all, most of them don't even speak english. i understand there is time to learn but i doubt it. they are probably too busy worrying about smuggling more illegal people or drugs into the U.S. or too busy costing the U.S. more and more money each year.

Shrimp

The backbone of this country are the Americans who get out here and work for living in coal mines, driving the 18 wheelers across county, the true American farmer(not a factory farm/farmer). People who risk their lives to deliver what we buy and need as American consumers

~brigit~

their hurting my backbone by not paying taxes and getting free medical treatment not to mention all the other goodies we as hard working , honest , lawful, Americans are paying for

Jay

Yes, illegal immigrants are the back bone of this country whether the pride of these so called 'americans' say so or not. Date back to hundreds of years ago, this land belonged to the Native Americans and the people from England came and took it away from them. Then everyone started to come to this new land, but only them stingy people claimed it for their own and started creating BS laws that it's theirs and no one else should be living in it but them.

Elias A

no **** no iam half mexican and i know that

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