Do U agree Open-borders advocates claim amnesty will help the failing economy?

Washington, 19 Feb (Notimex) .- A comprehensive immigration reform to legalize some 12 million undocumented immigrants will be beneficial for the recessive U.S. economy, activists felt today.
The payment of fines, fees and taxes for the forms from the beneficiaries will help government revenues, said on a forum the director of the Americas Voice, Frank Sharry. And -- The president of the National Council of La Raza Janet Murguia, drew support from Republicans to reform both the House of Representatives...The recent economic stimulus package of 787 billion dollars approved by Congress, most Democrats needed the support of three Republicans in the Senate to overcome the obstructionism of lawmakers unhappy with the plan.

The activist quoted a report by the Congressional Budget Office estimated that in 2007 an immigration reform that would cost the government some 23 billion dollars but that income would amount to almost 50 billion.
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Ida Slapter

Weren't they the same ones who said illegals help the economy? If so, why aren't we in boom times?

bkc99xx

That's just plain stupid math.

The only way that bringing more illegals in right now would help the economy would be if they were contributing higher than the existing amount per capita. Having 12,000,000 more nationalized would simply increase the costs that we would be obligated to pay (more so than what we have already given in to).

youarewrongbobisright

They left out the biggest costs:

1. Our population is already far too high. We have shortages of water, electricity, natural gas, etc. If you think we have high prices now what do you think will happen when that 12 million brings another 40-60 million family here.

2. They forgot about the costs for education. WAY over $10,000 per kid per year but somehow the measly fines they pay are gonna cover those costs??? Not a chance.

3. They forgot about medical. Once they are citizens then they will have full access to every program there is including our medical facilities (not that they don't cost us billions already) and the costs for our medical will skyrocket.

4. They breed at a high rate. Just as every 3rd world uneducated person does. Who is going to pay for the millions of kids' food, housing, etc?? Taxpayers.

5. The last study I saw regarding the "great amnesty" plan of McCain, Bush, Kennedy, etal saw the cost to taxpayers after their contributions at well over $20,000 per household per year.

There is no way that idea would ever help our economy!!!

Jeannie Out of the Bottle

No, I totally disagree.
The amnesty of 1987 was an abject and costly failure that only served to encourage more.
We should not repeat that error.
http://www.cis.org/articles/1997/back197.htm

Taxpayers lost almost $80 billion in the first 10 years following that amnesty and much much more since and that was for less than 2 million applicants for amnesty.

Considering the estimates range from 12 to 20 million or more illegal aliens, we simply cannot afford another blanket amnesty.

45 auto

Help the failing economy fail even faster>

ozman641

our lawmakers are so removed from reality they wouldn't know it if it bit them in the butt. send em home. that would make a bunch of jobs for people who actually belong here.