Illegal immigrants have been a recurring problem for many Southern states, and I feel that this problem should quickly stop with strict enforcement and border control. For some, these immigrants are pulling their heart strings when they are hurt and hospitalized with family apart from them. On the hand, I feel the direct opposite. I can't empathizes for them enough because there are bigger problems that these illegal immigrants have cost many taxpayers in Texas annually. Statistics showed that taxpayers in Texas have to pay an additional $4.7 BILLION DOLLARS annually for the illegal immigrant's education, medical care, and incarceration!!! $4.7 billion dollars that taxpayers in Texas have to put out for illegal immigrants who did not contribute anything for this state of Texas. Instead,we have to continuously help them with our own money. How does that make any sense? It doesn't!! Research also showed that Texans spent around $4 BILLION dollars on education for these immigrants, and roughly about 11% of these immigrants are placed in the public schools. Texans also have to spend$520 million per year for medical care and $ 150 million for incarceration of the illegal immigrants.
I know that many people want to come to America, and maybe one day achieve their dreams and aspiration. However, there is no right way to achieve anything when it all starts illegally. Personally, I don't think any Texans should pay anything for these illegal immigrants because they chose to come here in an illegal mode. Why? I know that paper works and application may take awhile, but the results will be better than hiding from people and avoiding the outside world because they are illegal immigrants. Instead, I think Texas should have a strict border control and strictly regulate the border between the United States and Mexico 24/7. Instead of watching over these illegal immigrants and paying for all of their supplies from the taxpayers' money, why can't we just send them back to Mexico? There should be a legal contract between Mexico and America that entitles the United States the right to send back any illegal immigrants regardless of their health conditions or any other obstacles.
With just Texas alone spending around 4 billion dollars on these illegal immigrants, what would the annual total be for the rest of other southern states? With these money, it could have put in for other better use that our state needs more. Why spend money on something that we can't enjoy and benefit from? Isn't that the first step in learning how to manage your pocketbook? Without any strict regulations, Texas will soon be taken over by illegal immigrants residing all over Texas. Therefore, I urged for the elimination of any illegal immigrants and strict enforcement of the residents in Texas.
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I would like to respond to my classmate, Kylie Nguyen over at Texas Government News. Kylie recently blogged about the problem of Illegal Immigrants. While I found her stance different from my own, I found her blog to be backed up by some great statistics. I think that a lot of thought went in to the forming of her opinion.
ReplyDeleteI do understand the point that illegal immigrants are a burden on our education system, medical system, and jails, I have to disagree with her when she states that the people in question contribute nothing to our State. Many times, these citizens fill jobs that most United States Citizens would not want to fill.
I think Kylie makes a great statement by saying that she understands why people want to come to the US but nothing is right about starting something illegal from the beginning. I really think it is a great statement.
I do call in to question her thoughts about just sending the illegal immigrants back to Mexico. There are statistics that show it is sometime difficult to prove citizenship. There are documented cases of Legal United States Citizens being deported because they were not able to prove citizenship. I think this is an easy remedy for a very complex problem.