[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

Wonder what Bill Simon can do with this. Why is Gray Davis' California possibly the only state seeing an increase in immigrant-fueled welfare costs, hm? But, as important as it is, this is an issue that deserves considerable finesse. Simon needs to point out the fiscal irresponsibility and enormous cost of Davis' policies without coming off as a mean, nasty extremist. The good news is: if anyone can do it, Bill Simon can.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

FYI & bring all your friends.

[FITZ]

Every state but Texas rushed to institute programs allowing legal immigrants to apply for food stamps, Supplemental Security Income for the elderly, and cash assistance.

They're getting it somehow in Texas. I don't even see English speaking people using food stamps or Medicaid ---every single time I see someone using a Lone Star food stamp card, they're speaking nothing but Spanish and look like they just crossed over the river.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

In 2000, 26.7 percent of immigrants in California received welfare assistance.

There you have it. More than one-fourth of the immigrants in California are on welfare. That certainly sounds like a recipe for the inevitable bankruptcy of the state. Let's see the "open borders" people show up and defend that.

[cutlass]

You people had better wake up. The US is being invaded, and your precious Repubs are complicent. Better buy guns, better buy guns better buy guns. I promise you, you WILL need them.

[The Vast Right Wing]

This evidence does NOT suggest reforming our immigration laws. It suggest ending the welfare state.

[Sabertooth]

"The immigrants are using more welfare because they are poorer, not because they have more of a propensity to use welfare," Passel said.

I wonder what percentage of Freepers won't see the problem with this statement.

Poorer people have a higher propensity to use welfare.

[FreedomFriend]

Apparently, the do-dos in Washington don't understand. That's the problem with allowing illegal aliens and legal immigrants to apply for social services such as welfare.

You'd think that "our" politicians would have a brain in their head.

[brat]

"In 2000, 26.7 percent of immigrants in California received welfare assistance."...........Why should taxpaying citiZens subsidize the cheap labor of some Republicans? Funny how they scream if a citizen loses their living and needs some help, but then turn around and hire under the table labor and feel entitled to do so.

[A Navy Vet]

This can't be. I've been assured by the open borders bunch we need more immigrants to bus our tables and pick our veggies. Ever notice the usual proponents to mass immigration are never around when these statistical articles are posted? Is is maybe because the countless studies show that uncontrolled immigration is detrimental and they have no real comeback?

[majordivit]

But since Proposition 187 and the election of Gov. Gray Davis, California has become one of the most generous states to legal immigrants, which make up about 29 percent of all immigrant households, mostly Mexican, in the country. In 2000, 26.7 percent of immigrants in California received welfare assistance.

Jorge Bush, Coyote Numero Uno, believes the GOP will benefit from the massive influx of miiilions more third world Mexicans?

[Jethro Tull]

Libertarian Party Platform

Libertarian Party Platform - IMMIGRATION

IMMIGRATION We hold that human rights should not be denied or abridged on the basis of nationality. We condemn massive roundups of Hispanic Americans and others by the federal government in its hunt for individuals not possessing required government documents. We strongly oppose all measures that punish employers who hire undocumented workers. Such measures repress free enterprise, harass workers, and systematically discourage employers from hiring Hispanics. We welcome all refugees to our country and condemn the efforts of U.S. officials to create a new "Berlin Wall" which would keep them captive. We condemn the U.S. government's policy of barring those refugees from our country and preventing Americans from assisting their passage to help them escape tyranny or improve their economic prospects. Undocumented non-citizens should not be denied the fundamental freedom to labor and to move about unmolested. Furthermore, immigration must not be restricted for reasons of race, religion, political creed, age, or sexual preference. We therefore call for the elimination of all restrictions on immigration, the abolition of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Border Patrol, and a declaration of full amnesty for all people who have entered the country illegally. We oppose government welfare and resettlement payments to non-citizens just as we oppose government welfare payments to all other persons.

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[firebrand]

Some nice information here for our flyer.

[al_possum39]

I think I know what is responsible for all this illegal immigration from Mexico and it's not jobs or welfare.

Do you recollect, back in the late '50s, when Marty Robbins was singing about the cowboys that were ready to die just to see their Mexican girlfriends one more time?

Well, a whole passel of Mexican housewives heard those songs and told their husbands, "Pedro! Get jour cula across the Rio Grande and don't come back until ju are ready to take a bullet to see me like the Gringos." Hey, there's a lot of those guys here now that can't ever go home.

[Dutchy]

More great news......and just another reason for serious immigration reform....