Illegal immigration is a detriment to society

Posted by Blog admin. — published on Sunday, April 20, 2008

By Paul Westrum, • Albert Lea • April 18, 2008

Illegal immigration is not a benefit to our society, but a huge drain.

First, when it comes to Social Security and tax revenue, there's no way illegal immigrants can bail us out.
According to the Center for Immigration Studies, they use far more in services than they might happen to pay into Social Security or pay in federal taxes. The center, citing 2002 data, estimated that taxes paid minus services used was $10.4 billion. And this drain could triple if illegal immigrants were legalized, as they would be eligible for even more services. At the state and local level, this deficit could be even greater as that is where most of the costs for schools, criminal justice and infrastructure upgrades are felt.
Second, while it's true many Americans don't compete with illegal immigrants for jobs, the poorest 15 percent of Americans definitely do. And, don't be fooled, there is no evidence of a labor shortage in this country. The only shortage is in the minds of employers who can never seem to find labor that's cheap enough.
There are 60 million Americans of working age (18-64) who have only a high school degree or less, and 23 million of these individuals are not in the labor force. In addition, there are 10 million teenagers, ages 15-17, who are currently not in the labor force.
And if this information isn't enough, what about the crime statistics on incarceration rates and the horrible crimes illegals commit?
For example, a 12-month study by the Violent Crimes institute in Atlanta finds that there are more than 240,000 illegal immigrant sex offenders in the United States and that 93 more sex offenders are coming into the country illegally every day.
... No, illegal immigration is not a benefit to this country.