05-08-2008, 05:50 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Republik of Kalifornia
Age: 50
Posts: 2,240
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Originally Posted by JavaBlack
Ideally. Illegal immigration is not their problem. It's ours.
This constitutional ammendment would be nothing more than another band-aid and one that might not always be valid.
Ask yourself: is the citizenship of illegal immigrants' kids really the main problem in the issue? Doubtful.
Is it the root problem?
Definitely not.
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I don't expect the amendment will stop or even slow down illegal immigration, but it will put an end to the legal children of illegal aliens being eligible for welfare, food stamps and WIC's coupons.
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Study: 25% of LA's Welfare Goes to Undocumented Immigrants
May 6, 2008, 5:42 AM PDT
L.A. County Supervisor Mike Antonovich says the county spends more than $1 billion a year on benefits to undocumented immigrants.
According to new data from the Department of Public Social Services, nearly twenty five percent of Los Angeles County 's welfare and food stamp benefits goes directly to the children of undocumented immigrants, at a cost of $36 million a month -- for a projected annual cost of $432 million.
"The total cost for illegal immigrants to County taxpayers far exceeds $1 billion a year - not including the millions of dollars for education," said Antonovich.
"With $220 million for public safety, $400 million for healthcare, and $432 million in welfare allocations, illegal immigration continues to have a devastating impact on Los Angeles County taxpayers."
The supervisor said, in March, undocumented immigrants collected over $19 million in welfare assistance and over $16 million in food stamp allocations.
http://ktla.trb.com/news/ktla-welfar...,6331573.story
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