Run To The Border!

There is one single step the federal government can take that would solve a majority of the problems we face in our country today. The amusing part is, it's mandated by the Constitution as part of their job description. Close and protect our borders.

Think about it. If the president is serious about improving unemployment, stopping illegal immigration and returning the illegal "undocumented workers" back, would go a long way to fix that issue. Bears Stearns reports that between four and six million jobs have moved to the underground economy, jobs Americans used to do before the cheap illegal labor became plentiful. Not to mention those jobs are not contributing to the tax base. The illegals who do pay taxes are in the refund category, yet they tax our school and health care systems. Think about how much money is spent in our school systems trying to educate non english speaking students,

The Federation for American Immigration Reform estimates there are more than 425,000 babies born to illegal immigrants yearly, all using the system (Medicaid). In 2006 for example 70% of the births at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas,Texas were the children of undocumented workers. Those births cost $34.5 to Medicaid,$9.5 million to the federal government, and the Dallas taxpayers another $31.3 million. Talk about an economic tsunami! That's just one city from a border state, imagine the California or the Florida stats.

So protecting our borders would cut the burden on health care, a major issue and strain on our state and federal governments. Open employment opportunities and lower the unemployment numbers, thereby easing the strain on both unemployment benefits and welfare recipients. It would reduce crime as 18% of our prisons are occupied by undocumented felons. The school systems would have lower budgets and higher test scores. Finally it would increase our tax base. Anybody else see this as a no brainer? Legal immigrants are not the problem here, but how do you support an illegal population? The term illegal says it all!

God Bless!
Capt. Bill