A report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform was challenged by the N.C. Justice Center. The report by the anti-illegal immigration group calculated that illegal immigration costs North Carolina more than $1.2 billion. It looked at education, public health and incarceration.
The N.C. Justice Center says the report’s contention has been debunked by other researchers and is an attempt to blame a minority group for the state’s budget problems. It points to research that found Hispanic immigration is a net economic gain for the state.
FAIR’s findings didn’t receive much media attention when it was released Jan. 13, though WBTV did do a brief report. The state’s budget problems, however, will receive a lot of attention when the General Assembly convenes Wednesday.
Edited to add: I didn’t mention this previously, but the Southern Poverty Law Center considers
This article appears in Jan 20-27, 2009.
$1.2 BILLION! It costs California $19 BILLION! Hard to believe, isn’t it?
I can’t say the ILLEGAL ALIENS are completely to blame for the shape of our economy, but they are a BIG part of the problem. The ILLEGAL ALIENS send BILLIONS upon BILLIONS out of this Country every year, money we will NEVER see again. Does this help our economy?
How about the BILLIONS the American taxpayers fork out for the ANCHOR BABIES, the schooling of them, the medical care and the list goes on, and on, and on.
How about the MILLIONS upon MILLIONS paid to jail ILLEGAL ALIENS for the crimes, then the cost to deport them. Does this help our economy?
Then you have these activist groups, the Catholic Church and the ACLU that want AMNESTY for these ILLEGAL ALIENS. It would be absolute suicide for this Country if AMNESTY were granted to the 20 million or so ILLEGAL ALIENS. We have more and more people out of work everyday and they want to add another 20 million to this Country? I say, “NO”!
If AMNESTY were ever granted to these 20 million ILLEGAL ALIENS, you can bet big money that 3 years from now, there would be ANOTHER 3-5 million ILLEGAL ALIENS demonstrating on our soil for AMNESTY.
An end MUST come to this illegal immigration. The perfect tool we have so far is E-Verify. It MUST be used by ALL businesses and Government Social Services. EVERY employee must be checked! If they are illegal, they are to be dismissed!
I believe it is time for all 50 States to pass a State law, like Arizona, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina and a few others. It is time for these ILLEGAL ALIENS to go back to their home Country and get out of this Country. The problems they are causing will not go away until the ILLEGAL ALIENS are out of this Country. I think that is plain to see.
North Carolina, get a State law! It’s the best thing you can do for your State, and the best thing you can do for America. I’m working on Delaware.