Sunday, June 23, 2019

Surprise! That 'cheap' immigrant labor costs us a lot

In a deeply investigated 2017 Washington Post article, for example, the Post cited the "Belief" that illegal aliens "Drain government resources." Without looking at any facts or figures, the reporter disputed that "Belief" with a quote from Cathryn Ann Paul of CASA: "It's a myth that people who are undocumented don't pay taxes."

So there you have it! Cathryn Ann Paul says it's a "Myth." Now let's move on to the vibrant diversity being gifted to us by illegal aliens.

Earlier this year, the New York Times mocked 's tweet saying illegal immigration costs ''250 Billion Dollars a year," by quoting big-business shill Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute: ''There's no basis to any of those numbers about the fiscal cost.

Randy Capps, of the Migration Policy Institute, told the Times that studies of the cost of illegal immigration count only the costs or only the benefits.

Also like the FAIR study, Rector's examination counted only the obvious costs imposed on us by illegal immigrants - things like health care, education, fire and police protection, parks, roads and bridges.

What was the tab of illegal immigration to the family of Kate Steinle, the young woman shot dead by an illegal immigrant in San Francisco in 2015? There were obvious, tragic costs, of course - but there also are hidden costs, such as the lost productivity of the people close to Kate for years to come, the additional police presence around the San Francisco pier where she was killed and the reduction in tourist dollars.

We hear about the great largesse bestowed upon us by illegal immigrants all day long.

https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/449887-ann-coulter-surprise-that-cheap-immigrant-labor-costs-us-a-lot

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