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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
2% of Illegal immigrants actually work on farms
over 750,000 illegal immigrants have anchor babies a year in the US
average cost of a birth about 10,000
you do the math
And thats not counting welfare
so yes we would really feel it, LMAO
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The vast bulk of these "statistics - many of them quoted from a Lou Dobbs show in 2006 and then repeated in endless emails - have been long debunked. Or found to have no or inflated facts backing them up to begin with.
This is a good place to start if you're really serious about having a well-rounded education on the subject:
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/04/cos...al-immigrants/
NONE of this means the US should turn a blind eye to others breaking the law, but the subsidy of the undocumented worker class as a way to keep down production costs has long been fact. Unavoidable reality.
If it were not the case, there is really no reason the government would not have acted sooner. It would be to their benefit. Instead, they are protecting corporate profits. Not that I'm against that, but it's the gist of the matter.