You also need to consider Mexican families in Mexico, who send their children North specifically for a high school and college education. In Texas, even elementary children have long “commuted” across the border just to attend Texas elementary schools, returning home to Mexico at night.
In California, since there are significant Mexican communities, such as East L.A., any relatives or even friends might host Mexican children for just this purpose.
I have considered that. I am not for illegal aliens, but I have a couple questions.
Ok I think you would agree california is in one of the worse real estate down turns ever....
We also agree that there there are probably 2.6 million illegals in California (reference http://www.laalmanac.com/immigration/im04a.htm
While those aliens are here do they pay rent?
Buy food?
Pay sales tax?
Buy gas?
Pay electrical bills?
All of those people DO pay into the economy. Lets say in one weekend we loaded them all up on cattle cars (this is why this will never be done because of the Auschwitz political associating) and shipped them to mexico. So now you have probably 1 million apartments and rented homes vacant. Lets look at the financial impact on that. Lets say each family unit pays minimum of $500 a month in rent. Lets say another $500 in living expenses, food gas rent.
That is a Billion a month stripped from the economy. I think your presupposition is that they come and just are on welfare, that is just not true. So my point is you have to be intellectually honest about their impact as well.