Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The Effects of Illegal Immigration

The below statistics were obtained from Townhall Magazine’s November 2010 issue. If the 24 U.S. counties that bordered on Mexico were a state, this is how that state would stack up with the other 50 states.

1st in federal crimes

2nd in population under 18 years old

3rd highest concentration of Hispanics

3rd in hepatitis related deaths

5th in diabetes related deaths

5th in unemployment rate

12th in incidents of AIDS

13th in population

16th in violent crime

22nd in home ownership

29th in the receipt of federal expenditures

37th in home affordability

39th in infant mortality

40th in per capita income

42nd in teen pregnancies

50th in health insurance coverage

50th in percent of population that completed high school

51st in the number of healthcare professionals

San Diego County in California, which has some fairly affluent areas, elevates the above statistics. Without San Diego County in the statistics, the above numbers become much more anemic. For instance, the per capita income would be dead last (51st).

The federal government claims illegal immigration is a federal problem and the individual states have no right to enforce the law (as shown by their lawsuit over the Arizona Immigration law). However, the individual states are stuck with the burden of paying for over 75% of the costs incurred to provide education, healthcare, and law enforcement for illegal immigrants. The federal government pays for less than 25% of the expenditures. States and local municipalities are stuck with billions of dollars in expenses to deal with illegal immigration. Still, the federal government insists our borders are secure and illegal immigrants are not a threat to American citizens. The above statistics paint a very different picture.

If states are stuck with the burden of paying for illegal immigration, then it makes sense that they should be able to enforce federal immigration laws.

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