To think that is just a county...my gosh.
Has anyone done anything on the overall cost in America and the total cost of illegals using the health care system?
Rising health care costs put focus on illegal immigrants - USATODAY.comData on health care costs for illegal immigrants are sketchy because hospitals and community health centers don't ask about patients' legal status. In California, a 2004 study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform put the state's annual cost at $1.4 billion. Similar studies in Colorado and Minnesota in 2005 came up with much smaller estimates: $31 million and $17 million, respectively.
Labor Dept. Offers Assistance to Illegal Immigrants Facing Wage Disparities - FoxNews.comRepublican lawmakers are expressing shock over a Labor Department ad campaign that offers government assistance to illegal immigrants who think they're getting shortchanged for their work -- and at least one of them is planning to write to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis for an explanation.
If it weren't for all the racists and xenophobes in America, it wouldn't be a problem to break the bank, footing the bill to feed a buncha illegal brats.
The cost of educating the children of illegal immigrants in the United States is estimated at $14.3 billion in 2010. An additional $1.2 billion is spent teaching them to speak English. The Cost Of Educating "Anchor Babies" In The USA
...So why is it acceptable to do so with THIS group of American citizens?
These are the children of colonists who seek to benefit from their parents' violation of American law. They are the beneficiaries of illegality.
The "children of illegal immigrants"? You mean people who were born in this country, and are therefore just as much American citizens as you or anyone else?
No. We mean children of foreign nationals who are born subject to the jurisdiction of their parents home countries.
keymanjim said:No where in the US Constitution is a person granted citizenship solely on the act of being born on US soil. A person's parentage is a major factor on citizenship in this country. If even one parent is a citizen of another country then the baby is born a citizen of that country and not the US. That is why the 14th Amendment contains the stipulation "...and subject to the jurisdiction..." in the first paragraph. The writers agreed that was to mean 'subject to the complete jurisdiction of the US'. Or, more importantly, not subject to the jurisdiction of any other country.
I'm guessing that someone in your lineage (if your family has been here more than a generation or two) was probably an illegal immigrant. So rather than being selectively outraged at American citizens for the actions of their ancestors, let's just dispense with the racist arguments entirely and call these children what they are: American citizens, who deserve to be educated just as much as any other American citizens.
The "children of illegal immigrants"? You mean people who were born in this country, and are therefore just as much American citizens as you or anyone else? Educating our young people is an investment, not a cost. The entire premise of your complaint stems from the notion that these American citizens are "the other" and somehow different from you. No one would ever complain about the cost of educating black people, or the cost of educating Jews. So why is it acceptable to do so with THIS group of American citizens?
Instead of complaining about welfare for illegals, how about getting rid of the welfare system completely. Our loose and constantly abused welfare system is one of the causes for illegal immigration.
No, I don't mean just mean children who were born in this country and are citizens. The statistics are for children of illegal immigrants....all of them. Children being citizens or not.
MaggieD said:Operative stat being whether or not the parents are legal. I have no complaint. I didn't post one. I merely posted facts. Since when don't we want facts?
No. The link to which I responded specifically referred to "anchor babies," which is a term used exclusively for people born in this country.
That just means that the children of foreign diplomats or Native Americans are not necessarily US citizens, since they are not subject to the jurisdiction of US laws when they are here. All other foreigners, whether they're here legally or not, are subject to the jurisdiction of the US. It's that jurisdiction that gives USCIS the ability to deport illegal immigrants in the first place.
Any children of illegal immigrants who are born in this country are American citizens. If you have a problem with that, too bad. They have all the same rights that you do.
"The provision is, that 'all persons born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens.' That means 'subject to the complete jurisdiction thereof.' What do we mean by 'complete jurisdiction thereof?' Not owing allegiance to anybody else. That is what it means. "
If a baby is born in the US and even one of its parents is a citizen of another country then that baby is subject to that parents country’s jurisdiction and is not a citizen of the US.
THAT is the law.
When asked for clarification of this phrase, Sen. Lyman Trumbull, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, author of the 13th Amendment, and the one who inserted the phrase in the 14th replied:
If a baby is born in the US and even one of its parents is a citizen of another country then that baby is subject to that parents country’s jurisdiction and is not a citizen of the US.
THAT is the law.
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