twa Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_3751199 Article Launched: 04/26/2006 12:00:00 AM PDT Welfare to kids of illegals at $276 million BY TROY ANDERSON, Staff Writer Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich said Tuesday that he will tell Congress that close to 100,000 children of illegal immigrants in the county collect $276 million in annual welfare benefits. Antonovich, who is in Washington with the Board of Supervisors, will meet with congressional representatives and provide information about the impact of illegal immigration on county services. Antonovich said 98,703 children of 57,458 undocumented parents received Cal-WORKS welfare checks in January, or a total of 156,161 recipients. "If incorporated into a city, it would be the sixth-largest city in Los Angeles County," Antonovich said in a statement Tuesday. "While legal immigration is a positive influence on our culture and economy ... in public safety, health care and public social services, illegals cost county taxpayers nearly three quarters of a billion dollars a year." Shirley Christensen, spokeswoman for the Department of Public Social Services, said her office provided the data to Antonovich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 there are definitely issues that need to be resolved when it comes to the topic of immigration in this country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdowwe Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Wow thats a whole lot of money. Im interested to see how the whole illegals situation turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoyler23 Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Are these the LEGAL US-Born childern of ILLEGAL aliens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 Are these the LEGAL US-Born childern of ILLEGAL aliens? Yes...visit the link , another interesting fact; 2/3 of the children born in LA county last year have illegal parents...of course the goverment pays the tab. Antonovich said 98,703 children of 57,458 undocumented parents received Cal-WORKS welfare checks in January, or a total of 156,161 recipients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tapstaks2000 Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 How do we know if this is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portisizzle Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 How do we know if this is correct. Yea, it is probably a whole lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 How do we know if this is correct. Shirley Christensen, spokeswoman for the Department of Public Social Services, said her office provided the data to Antonovich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Yadda yadda yadda... We've been telling you guys all along there are all sorts of costs to illegal immigration... Do you think they get health benefits with their low-paying jobs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 How do we know if this is correct. It is from the goverment,you can ALWAYS trust them Heres one from a non-partisan group http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html This study is one of the first to estimate the total impact of illegal immigration on the federal budget. Most previous studies have focused on the state and local level and have examined only costs or tax payments, but not both. Based on Census Bureau data, this study finds that, when all taxes paid (direct and indirect) and all costs are considered, illegal households created a net fiscal deficit at the federal level of more than $10 billion in 2002. We also estimate that, if there was an amnesty for illegal aliens, the net fiscal deficit would grow to nearly $29 billion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 BUt I thought illegals gave more to the economy than they took:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Yadda yadda yadda...We've been telling you guys all along there are all sorts of costs to illegal immigration... Do you think they get health benefits with their low-paying jobs? And I can tell you that in my industry, I've seen illegals working for the crew that provided the lowest estimate and while the foreman is there for a day or two, the guys who can barely understand the language are the ones doing all the work. On its own that isn't a huge deal but when employers do not even ATTEMPT to find employees and deal with the regulations and taxes that ALL Americans must deal with, they create a situation where 'illegals' do the work Americans won't do, except that it IS work Americans will do, but we all have to play by the rules. Otherwise, they are creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's why cabbies may all be foreign (legal or illegal) in some places but are regular white or black dudes in places like Seattle or Ann Arbor (just from my own experience.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 the kids are legal though, they were born in the usa. i mean theyre likely to grow up as american as we did if they go to the area schools...i say give them and their parents the wave,... as for the rest of the illegals im not so sure.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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