First-no links or studies to back this up, just MHO>
Jobs-If I were in need of money for my family, there are very few jobs I wouldn't take. To make a blanket statement that they fill jobs no one else will is simply hard to understand. MOST of us have had some really horrid jobs, but money is money. Take the number of teens who can't find work or adults who CAN work getting unemployment, I think we could find a way to benefit our own people/system if those jobs opened up.
IF we didn't have to give free lunches and breakfasts to illegals,
our schools might be able to upgrade. All over, there are schools literally falling apart-asbestos hanging from ceilings, lead in the pipes and on the playgrounds.
Charity hospitals-someone HAS to pay for the care. There have been news stories where people are dying or critically ill so they sneak in through friends and relatives because our quality of healthcare is superior. There was one report recently where the illegal's family sued the hospital!
Driving!
This business where the INS turns a deaf ear on cops who arrest illegals is SCREWED!
Do "they" think I believe illegals spend their money here??? Sure, some of it, but a LOT goes back home to their family.
NO politician wants to turn them away because the greatest % come from Mexico. Mexican Americans are a growing voting block and THAT'S why DEMOCRATS as well as REPUBLICANS refuse to let this become a party issue. (One reason I really like Arnold!)
I also blame NAFTA for some of this. You think we have an abundance of jobs here with opportunity and great pay? So many of our jobs are overseas. Eventually WE may be the people who need those "subhuman" jobs...they will all be filled.
OK- links!
http://www.cestim.org/14clandestino_usa.htm
Illegals make up close to 2% of the US population!!! The population was estimated to be growing by about 275,000 each year
http://are.berkeley.edu/APMP/pubs/i9...raids3900.html
Last fall, Unite negotiated contracts that recognized the illegal status of some workers, and shielded them. One clause requires an employer to bar an I.N.S. raid unless the agents have a search warrant. And a company must notify the union if it gets wind of a coming raid.
Here is the search link by GOOGLE where you can see the mountain of research/articles/opinions on this subject.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search