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Facts of Illegal Immigration

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year.
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
4. The Federation for American Immigration Reform says taxpayers spend $12 billion a year on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally.
5. Another $17 billion for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.
   
9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
10. Based on U.S. Border Patrol statistics there were 30,147 Other Than Mexicans (OTMs) apprehended in FY2003, 44,614 in FY2004, 165,178 in FY2005, and 108,025 in FY2006. Most of them were apprehended along the U.S. Southwest border. Since September 11, 2001, DHS has reported a 41% increase in arrests along the Texas/Mexico border. DHS pays particular attention to OTMs apprehended by the Border Patrol who originate from thirty-five nations designated as“special interest," or “designated by our intelligence community as countries that could export individuals that could bring harm to our country in the way of terrorism.”
11. Federal law enforcement estimates that 10 percent to 30 percent of illegal aliens are actually apprehended and 10 percent to 20 percent of drugs are seized. in 2005, as many as 10 to 4 million illegal aliens crossed into the United States; and asmuch as 2.2 to 1.1 million kilograms of cocaine and 11.6 to 5.8 million kilograms of marijuana entered the United States.(
12. The National Policy Institute, "estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period."
13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin.
14. "The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration:" Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States ".
15. During FY 2006, there have been 746 violent incidents against Border Patrol agents, including 435 incidents of rock assaults, 173 physical assaults, 46 vehicle assaults, and 43 firearm assaults.
16. Sexual Offenders are located in thirty-six states, with the most of the offenders were located in States with the
    highest numbers of illegal immigrants. California was ranked first, followed by Texas, Arizona, New Jersey, New York, and Florida.
17. The Study found that 93 sex offenders and twelve serial sexual offenders come across U.S. borders illegally per day. Each sex offender averaged four victims. This puts the estimate for victimization numbers around 960,000.
18. "While there were some 900 recorded cases in the United States 40 years ago, today more than 7,000 people have leprosy." Leprosy is an airborne virus; it can also be spread by touching and coughing.
19. Whether they come from Russia, China, or Mexico itself, it is often easiest for traffickers to bring the females across the U.S./Mexico border because it is not sufficiently guarded. Some go through checkpoints with fraudulent paperwork. Others go by foot. The U.S. State Department estimates that 10,000 human beings are trafficked into the States as sex slaves.

References:

1. (www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters7fd8 )

2&3. http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

8. http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html

4, 5, 6, 7, 9. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html

10, 11, 15, 16, 17, www.house.gov/mccaul/pdf/Investigaions-Border-Report.pdf

12. http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf

13. http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm

14, 19 http://www.drdsk.com/articles.html#Illegals

18. Cases of Leprosy on the Rise In The U.S. , The New York Times.

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