[T.L.Sink]

So, who's surprised? Certainly not Antonio Villaraigosa, the first Latino mayor of LA whose advocacy of open borders and amnesty has made his political domain a Third World province. He can't ask the state to bail him out because California's long tradition of liberal government has put it in virtual bankruptcy. I think the most logical step would be for Arnold, Boxer, and Feinstein to appeal to Congress for foreign aid. WELCOME TO MEXIFORNIA!

[apocalypto]

That is a lot of money!

[hershey]

Mexico is one of the most corrupt nations on earth, so Bush and the rest of the Greater North American Union diehards shouldn’t have been surprised at the result of broken borders. It’s business as usual for Mexicans now that they’re squatting in the US. And why not? It’s all they know and positive reinforcement is a powerful thing. The fact that American taxpayers (who pay the bills), are outraged doesn’t seem to matter.

[sure_fine]

how many have to die in accidents at specific intersections before they put a light up?

that seems to be the mind set of our legislation and political powers

cynically speaking, they are packing their bank accounts with lobbyist moneys until they can’t get away with it anymore

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The headline should say, “In Los Angeles, in the month of July alone”. It’s not $35,000,000 nationwide per year, as a one might easily infer.

[SkyPilot]

Hey - didn't you all get the memo?

California "belongs" to Mexico.

Their racists groups say so.

[Joe Boucher]

Yes, but think of all the money these illegals save farmers and lawn maintainence companies. Restaurant dish washers and chicken and pork processers.

[SoldierMedic]

I remember as part of a project for my Government class I created a big board where I broke down all the differant ways illegal aliens sucked money out of the government, and at the bottom was the huge grand total. Quite alot of gasps when fellow students saw how much money went to people who weren’t supposed to be here in the first place.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Well, the only proper response to this is...

...to award $5,000 to “anchor babies” at birth.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

http://immigrationcounters.com/

Above URL gives real time data on illegal aliens!

[Americanexpat]

All I can say is good for LA. They wanted a sancuary city and they got one. Now they need to STFU and dig into those pockets.

[Brilliant]

In LA County alone.

You need to ask the moderator to add this to the end of your title:

[In LA County alone!]

[PBRSTREETGANG]

[Carbonado]

Now add in the costs to the state of California and the federal govts for prisons to incarcerate those Hispanics doing the crimes Americans won’t do, and other costs like (illegal) transfer payments and you have a truly staggering sum.

Politicians, media filth and business oligarchs will push this as far as they can until the wheels come off the train, then they will come up with “compassionate” solutions that soak real citizens with even heavier costs to provide for their heavily dependent imported constituency.

Until those three groups feel the heat - and I mean real fear for their own personal well being and not just careers - nothing will change.

Just one opinion from a nativist restrictionist American CITIZEN.

[Travis McGee]

fWhy not? It's "their" city, right?

[mtbopfuyn]

That’s 1 billion in just one county. Multiply that by however many counties there are in the US. I think I’ll pick my own lettuce.