WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN DO ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN DO ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

I notice many blogers on this site are very familiar with your local government’s achievements. So let me ask this question, who out there knows what effect illegal immigration has on your counties governments Infrastructure, such as schools, hospitals, local social services, your jail, traffic, and court system. How much of your county budget is used to support illegal immigration? How many jobs are lost to the Immigrants who stand in front of supply houses waiting for a contractor to pick up on cheap labor? How many of your hotel and restaurants are hiring illegals, instead of your county citizens that are looking for work. Mr. Mann you are running for a commission seat, have you ever considered looking into the statistics of how much you could save the county tax payers just by eliminating the cost to the county on illegal Immigration.           

It should be painfully obvious to most all of us that our federal government has no intention of stopping or even reducing illegal immigration. It seems all too clear that we have a president and congress that are willing to allow foreign lawbreakers to invade our country and live off taxpayer welfare with total impunity. But there is something that local governments can do. And, thankfully, several local governments around the country are already doing it.

In more than a dozen jurisdictions, officials have invoked a little- used 1996 federal law to seek special federal training in immigration enforcement for their officers.

In other places, the local authorities are flagging some illegal immigrants who are caught up in the criminal justice system, sometimes for minor offenses, and are alerting immigration officials to their illegal status so that they can be deported."

The brunt of the burden caused by illegal immigration is born by local and state governments. It is local communities who feel the strain of overcrowded classrooms, congested highways, packed emergency rooms, and stuffed jail cells. It is local citizens who must bear the burden of higher taxes to support the skyrocketing costs of health care, education, criminal justice, and transportation. Rest assured, President Bush and his fellow elitists in Congress feel the burden of illegal immigration no more than retiring Exxon chairman Lee Raymond feels the burden of increased gas prices.

However, imagine what would happen if a majority of local and state governments began a concerted effort to arrest and arrange deportation for every illegal alien they discover! Well, my friends, many local officials have begun doing just that. Now, each of us should demand that all our local officials follow suit!

Each of us should call our local sheriff, police chief, city manager, county administrator, mayor, councilman, and commissioner. We should demand that they enforce the law by arresting and arranging for deportation every illegal alien that they discover.

Furthermore, there are already laws on the books that punish employers for hiring illegal aliens. We must insist that those laws be upheld and those employers be punished!

Remember, the law is on the side of the American citizen. Illegal aliens are lawless violators and must be treated as such. When American citizens break the law, they are expected to pay the price. Are illegal aliens above the law? President Bush and Congress may think so, but local and state governments have the power to say otherwise.

So in closing I would like to challenge your counties Sheriff, commissioners, school board, and any other representative that looks over your counties tax dollars to find out just how much money could be kept in your counties budget with out illegal immigrants in your county. Some food for thought, here is a break down of the annual costs for the United States. Could your county use a slice of that Pie?

Education: $22.5 billion Bi-lingual Education: $3.3 billion AFDC: $2.4 billion SSI: $2.9 billion Social Security: $24.8 billion Housing Assistance: $2.6 billion Criminal Justice: $2.6 billion Jobs Lost by Americans: $10.8 billion Other Programs: $51.4 billion Food Stamps: $7 billion Health Care: $1.4 billion