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Welfare Tab for Children of Illegal Immigrants Estimated at $600M in L.A. County

The "children of illegal immigrants"? You mean people who were born in this country, and are therefore just as much American citizens as you or anyone else? Educating our young people is an investment, not a cost. The entire premise of your complaint stems from the notion that these American citizens are "the other" and somehow different from you. No one would ever complain about the cost of educating black people, or the cost of educating Jews. So why is it acceptable to do so with THIS group of American citizens?

Oh, since they were born here, it's ok to break the bank feeding their asses, because their worthless parents won't?
 
Unfortunately for you, the Supreme Court has disagreed with you for the last 146 years.

I don't recall anywhere in the Constitution, where it says that you can come here illegally, spit out puppies, then put them on the government dole, that the rest of us have to pay for.

I look forward to you showing it to me. Thanks in advance.
 
A better question would be when the **** did you learn how to read? Ive been advocating of nuking the welfare system for a while!

Conservatives have always support welfare reform, just like during the 1990's, but they are your biggest target.
 
Your link is called "The Cost of Educating Anchor Babies." That means the kids are citizens...otherwise there is no anchor.

I KNOW that Kandahar. I clearly stated that in my post. This link refers to the cost of educating the children of illegal immigrants. Some are citizens. Some are not. Our population is being increased at the approximately rate of 360,000 per year (from the link, the approximate number of anchor babies being born of illegals)...anchor babies that are eliglble for all of our public assistance progams, monthly checks...free healthcare...subsidized housing.

So you wouldn't find anything offensive about someone lamenting how much it "costs" to educate black people? Or some other group of American citizens?

Apples and oranges.
 
I bet the Native Americans are somewhere laughing their ass-off over all the complaining going on over illegal immigration!:lol:
 
I bet the Native Americans are somewhere laughing their ass-off over all the complaining going on over illegal immigration!:lol:

They're too busy counting their casino royalties to notice.
 
I bet the Native Americans are somewhere laughing their ass-off over all the complaining going on over illegal immigration!:lol:

Frankly I really doubt it.
 
Welfare Tab for Children of Illegal Immigrants Estimated at $600M in L.A. County - FoxNews.com

snippets:

Combined with public safety costs and health care costs, the official claimed the "total cost for illegal immigrants to county (Los Angeles County ) taxpayers" was more than $1.6 billion in 2010. "Not including the hundreds of millions of dollars for education," he said in a statement.
...The organization reported that the cost of illegal immigration (US) stands at about $113 billion a year.

Nice edit 70's-guy... Michael Moore-ish. The way misrepresented who came up with those numbers at the end.
 
I bet the Native Americans are somewhere laughing their ass-off over all the complaining going on over illegal immigration!:lol:

In point of fact I'm aware of at least one indian tribe that isn't laughing their asses off.


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Ariz. Indian Nation Overrun With Illegal Immigrants
Tuesday, April 13, 2004

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SELLS, Ariz. — Each day, at least 1,500 illegal Mexican immigrants cross a makeshift border into southern Arizona’s Tohono O’odham Indian Nation (search).

Tribal Police Chief Richard Saunders is responsible for the area the size of Connecticut, and in March alone his officers and federal Border Patrol (search) agents captured more than 16,000 illegal immigrants. But at least that many got through without being detected.

Illegal immigration isn’t the only issue for Saunders’ small force, which also has to police the drug trade.

So far this year, nearly 20,000 pounds of marijuana and an unspecified amount of narcotics have been seized. Agents believe that’s just a small fraction of what’s getting across the border.

The tribe is currently spending half its federal money on border security, instead of on housing, roads and schools.
 
and all those states that thought they were dumb for going in debt and wasting their money have to pay for these bills when the feds bail them out. who's the political geniuses now?
 
I'm guessing that someone in your lineage (if your family has been here more than a generation or two) was probably an illegal immigrant. So rather than being selectively outraged at American citizens for the actions of their ancestors, let's just dispense with the racist arguments entirely and call these children what they are: American citizens, who deserve to be educated just as much as any other American citizens.

How do you figure? My father's family immigrated to the U.S. a century ago, all completely legally, from Quebec...
 
No. We mean children of foreign nationals who are born subject to the jurisdiction of their parents home countries.
No where in the US Constitution is a person granted citizenship solely on the act of being born on US soil. A person's parentage is a major factor on citizenship in this country. If even one parent is a citizen of another country then the baby is born a citizen of that country and not the US. That is why the 14th Amendment contains the stipulation "...and subject to the jurisdiction..." in the first paragraph. The writers agreed that was to mean 'subject to the complete jurisdiction of the US'. Or, more importantly, not subject to the jurisdiction of any other country.

Oh, not this insanity again... If you are residing on U.S. soil, save for one with diplomatic immunity, you ARE subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S.
 
When asked for clarification of this phrase, Sen. Lyman Trumbull, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, author of the 13th Amendment, and the one who inserted the phrase in the 14th replied:



If a baby is born in the US and even one of its parents is a citizen of another country then that baby is subject to that parents country’s jurisdiction and is not a citizen of the US.
THAT is the law.

That is one INTERPRETATION of the law. SCOTUS has already ruled that the child of foreign nationals is a citizen of the U.S. The wording of the amendment is quite clear on this matter.

You DO realize that not every country recognizes citizenship by birth and what you are suggesting would leave some children stateless...
 
recent good news from more of we politically incorrect Americans heros...

Lawmakers in 14 States Craft Bill to Deny Citizenship to Anchor Babies:

Lawmakers in 14 States Craft Bill to Deny Citizenship to 'Anchor Babies' - FoxNews.com

Steve King (R-Iowa) Submits Bill To Stop Anchor Babies:

Steve King (R-Iowa) Submits Bill To Stop Anchor Babies » Pirate's Cove


On Discovery Channel at the moment...
Cops & Coyotes : "Drugs, Mules and Smugglers"

Sheriff Joe Arpaio launches a crackdown on human smuggling, which yields an unexpected drug bust...
 
SCOTUS has already ruled that the child of foreign nationals is a citizen of the U.S. The wording of the amendment is quite clear on this matter.

When?

I bet the Native Americans are somewhere laughing their ass-off over all the complaining going on over illegal immigration!

What did their constitution say about the matter??

I'm guessing that someone in your lineage (if your family has been here more than a generation or two) was probably an illegal immigrant.

I guessing that you don’t know much about the history of immigration laws. When they were first passed??

you ARE subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S.

You can’t be drafted. You have the protection of the law but not all of the obligations.
 
That is one INTERPRETATION of the law. SCOTUS has already ruled that the child of foreign nationals is a citizen of the U.S. The wording of the amendment is quite clear on this matter.

You DO realize that not every country recognizes citizenship by birth and what you are suggesting would leave some children stateless...

Not all supreme court cases agree with this.
 
Not all supreme court cases agree with this.

Wong vs. Arkansas has been cited multiple times. Care to cite your own case? Also, common law recognizes jus soli citizenship and has since before the formation of the United States of America...
 
recent good news from more of we politically incorrect Americans heros...

Lawmakers in 14 States Craft Bill to Deny Citizenship to Anchor Babies:

Lawmakers in 14 States Craft Bill to Deny Citizenship to 'Anchor Babies' - FoxNews.com

Steve King (R-Iowa) Submits Bill To Stop Anchor Babies:

Steve King (R-Iowa) Submits Bill To Stop Anchor Babies » Pirate's Cove

IMO, and I'm betting SCOTUS's opinion, there is no bill in the world that can be drafted to deny citizenship to anchor babies. It would take repeal of Section I of the 14th Amendment. That would take 2/3 of both the Senate and House as well as ratification by 3/4 of the states. I don't see that happening. On the other hand, if things get worse (the economy), I wouldn't be surprised to see a movement start in that direction.
 
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