Amnesty Program Will Not Stop Illegal Immigration

Any form of amnesty program will ultimately cost American taxpayers hundreds of billions, more likely trillions, of dollars.

American citizens wait in line for treatment while illegal immigrants get health care ahead of them. And if the illegal immigrants can just make it to America and have their child in an American hospital at the American taxpayer's expense, they are locked in. That child is a U.S. citizen and their parents will likely never be deported -- illegal immigrants or not!

If those millions of illegal immigrants are given "guest worker" status, they will most likely qualify for welfare at the American taxpayer's expense. They will bring their families too, which will require even more welfare. And, if they are here legally, it is even more likely they will have even more children who automatically become U.S. citizens which will guarantee that the parents never have to leave American, even if their "guest worker" status requires it!

In addition to welfare, the American taxpayer will have to pay to build more schools for the children of the "guest workers". The American taxpayer will have to pay for the bureaucracy to support the "guest worker" program. The American taxpayer will have to pay for their interpreters and legal costs. The list goes on, and on, and on, and ...

Once their status becomes legal, will they continue to work those low paid jobs that American won't do? Not likely. There will be attempts to unionize them, to increase their pay, to force employers to provide them with health insurance, etc. If they are willing to march by the hundreds of thousands for their "rights" while illegal workers, just think of the marches we can expect if they are here legally. They will have "rights" and will demand even more!

Will illegal immigration stop if we grant "guest worker" status to those millions of workers who are already here illegally? No! If the illegal workers don't recognize our laws now, are those who don't qualify as "guest workers" going to stop crossing our borders? No!

Granting "guest worker" status to the millions of illegal workers will not solve the problem... but, it will assure that we have even more millions of low paid immigrants here being subsidized by the American taxpayer!

The Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector calculates that during their lifetimes, they will likely receive "$2.5 TRILLION more in government services than they will pay in taxes." Among those benefits are Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income, public housing, subsidized college education and Social Security Disability Insurance.

Look at what uncontrolled immigration has done to France and Europe. America doesn't need to create those problems here!

AAR