Do illegal immigrants contribute to the US?

Question

how? and what is the positve impact?

Answer 1

1. Contribute disease

2. contribute to higher crime rates

3. contribute to lower property values

4. contribute to their home countries where they belong

Answer 2

they contribute to : over crowding prisons,  crime rate sky high,  hospitals shutting down, Americans losing their jobs and homes,  an already overburdened school system being more overburdened, HUGE classroom sizes,  they have taken what was once safe, clean neighborhoods and made them filthy, trashy, rat holes, they have made Americans have to start living in fear for their lives,  they have caused our welfare rolls to skyrocket and are now bankrupting our social security. they are nice enough to take housing from Americans who need them so the Americans can be homeless.

On a positive note; they keep the OB/nurseries full and the staff busy with their anchor babies..

Answer 3

The 12 million illegal Mexican immigrants, along with the 17 million Americans of Mexican origin and another 16 million Cubans and other Hispanics total more than those of the next ten most common immigrant nations. Hispanics total about 50% of our total immigrants, posing major implications for assimilation. This is further acerbated by cheaper calls, easier access to Mexico, support from American businesses, and considerable legal support from the Mexican government and elites within the U.S.

Massive Mexican immigration into the U.S. is a relatively new problem - in 1970 less than 800,000 Mexicans were in the U.S. Once in the U.S., Mexican women's fertility rises from 2.4 (in Mexico) to 3.5 in the U.S. - considerably greater than native-born American women. (2002 data)

Mexican immigrants have the lowest citizenship rate - 19%, vs. 42% for Canadians, 54% for Chinese. They are also the least-educated major immigration group - 62% without a high-school education, while their children and grandchildren have a dropout rate of 25%. About 43% of illegal Mexican households use at least one major welfare program, and 50% are eligible for EITC. Even third generation Mexican-Americans use welfare at a level 3X that of American natives.

Over half of Mexicans believe the American S.W. belongs to them. Their consulates in the U.S. lobby for acceptance of matricula cards (opposed by the FBI as inadequate) for ID, in-state tuition, drivers licenses, sanctuary city status, etc.

Studies have found Mexican immigrants somewhat less likely to be criminals than native-born Americans, but their children are much more likely to be. Second-generation males aged 18-39 from El Salvador and Guatemala are incarcerated nearly 6X as often as their parents, those from Mexico 8X, and Vietnamese 12X.

Mass immigration overwhelms our capacity to screen out enemies or locate and remove them. A sampling found a high volume of fraud (40-80%) in H-1B, P-3 (artists and entertainers), L-1 (intra-company transfers) applications. Meanwhile, U.S. agencies held competitions in 2006 for the fastest processing times - approvals are the easiest.

Studies find illegal immigrants pulling down wages, especially at the bottom - about 40% in California between 1969-1997, and undermine the incentives to automate production. (Japan has decided to automate rather than import foreign workers.)

The U.S. spent about $4.5 billion subsidizing the education of foreign college students in 2005-06. Immigrants created about 86% of the growth in uninsured in 1998-2003; 47% of immigrant families were either uninsured or on Medicaid. The number of E.D.s in the U.S. fell 9% from 1993-2003, while visits increased 26%.

A 2004 Heritage Fund study found the average lifetime cost of low-skilled immigrant households was about $1.2 million to taxpayers - about the net benefit to taxpayers of a college-educated family.

Answer 4

The next time someone says that it's a good thing that these people will work for so much less than we will I swear to god I'm going to puke.  Nobody cares about poor Americans.  Everybody sees TV shows and thinks we're all that well off, and if we're not it's due to extreme laziness.  We are some of the hardest working people on this planet; we are the ones who made this country great, so great that a bunch of undercutting thieves sneak in here by the millions to reap the benefits of our great society.

Answer 5

No, and none.

And why are most as arrogant at Tori.  Instead of being grateful to be here, they rag about things to no end and act as if they are entitled to be here. That's what I find the worst about illegals, their attitudes.  Jesus H. Christ  do they actually believe that in the parts of the U.S. they haven't totally managed to invade that there are no clean toilets, no construction workers, no one working for minimum wage in fast food restaurants, working the fields or the mines, or any other job we supposedly wouldn't do?  What the h**l is wrong with these people?  Are their homelands purposely tossing all their psych cases our way?  Unbelievable.  Alberto, I'd give you 10 thumbs up if I had enough points,.

Oh and Tori, 20 down for you and a one-way ticket back to Siberia

One last thing, I live in Southern Calif and my electrician, carpenter, plumber and gardener are all white.  Sorry, you lose.

Something I do understand about Christians is their holier than thou attitudes, especially the born agains, being forgiven means doing anything you want with no worries, ignoring the ten commandments, being above the law, s*x without marriage, etc.

"Christians, can't live with 'em, can't feed them to the lions anymore"

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

Lets see, they contribute tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, they contribute gangs and other types of violence, they contribute to over-population, the contribute to higher costs in stores to fight the cost of "shrinkage", they contribute to increased medical costs to fight the cost of treating a sore throat or a sprained foot in the ER, they contribute to some of the street population in Los Angeles,   so, yeah, I guess they contribute quite a bit.

"Exactly how many Americans are YOU willing to allow to be ripped off, infected, molested, raped, killed, and murdered to save ten cents on a head of lettuce?"

http://protectourborder.net/index1.html

Here, give this another thumbs down

"Not mentioned in the state study was an almost unbelievable medical fact few Minnesotans understand. The study only alluded to the 10,000 illegal aliens trespassing the U.S. border (and into Minnesota!), daily and the lengthening list of deadly diseases they carry. The potential number of disease carriers is enormous and the social and economic consequences are mind-boggling. In addition, the terrorist implications are obvious and scary.

Dr. Cosman states that “many illegal aliens harbor fatal diseases that American medicine fought and vanquished long ago, such as drug-resistant tuberculosis, malaria, leprosy, plague, polio, dengue, and Chagas disease.”

http://www.mnforsustain.org/immg_mn_stat...

or how about this one

http://www.federalobserver.com/archive.p...

TORI, do you read English, The question was about "illegal".  Do a little research about the economic and health impacts of illegal aliens on the U.S. before you go spouting off about people in a country you felt you needed to emigrate to.  When you come down with TB or Chagas disease, maybe you'll change your tune.

Actually yes Tori, I have done those jobs and have actually seen other American citizens do those jobs, hard as that is for you illegals to imagine.  My heritage is Swedish and Italian, and guess what, my relatives came here THROUGH LEGAL METHODS.  What would happen to me if I just skipped into Russia with a chip on my shoulder and complained about the Russian people.  I seriously doubt I'd find a ton of organizations set up to help me.

Tori, The U.S. cannot save the entire world.  As a matter of fact most of the world hates us for sticking our nose where it doesn't belong.  Sorry kids are hard up in other parts of the world.  Why don't you go there and help these people improve their own countries instead of coming here to become just another "selfish" American?  Ever thought about what this country would turn into if we brought every unfortunate human on the planet here?  We can't afford to take care of ourselves anymore.  We are rapidly becoming a third world country.  Its people like you who think our resources and finances are infinite who are helping to drag us down.  If you're such a Christian, go become a missionary and help the starving children of the world.  Don't sit here and preach that you're better than your peers.   Do you feel there should be no laws, no rules?  What kind of a world would that be?  People would be s******g each other over a h**l of a lot more than they are now.  You need to grow up and take a look at reality dear.  

And, where I live the obese Mexicans outnumber the obese whites 10 to 1.

Answer 8

YES! I am Russian, from Russia.  As soon as I came to this country I realized how lazy, rude, and immature Americans are.  Don't get me wrong though, I love this country, and my boyfriend is in the Air Force, in Iraq right now.  However, they are too selfish and greedy to see the positive impact they have for this country.  They are willing to work for less, and do the jobs the Americans won't.  Everytime there is construction garunteed it's an immigrant.  Everytime there needs to be plumbing there is an immigrant.  All they want to do is work!  They are contributing to this country just like everyone else!  And, news flash, this is America, everyone was an immigrant! Unless you are native american...?  Americans need to stop being so selfish.

Answer 9

I don't believe they do.  There are no positive impacts.  AND if you believe they "pay' taxes, I have a piece of land South of  the gulf of Mexico for sale.  

They are bankrupting our health care systems, driving health insurance out of sight, driving up the crime rate, costing us AS MUCH AS THE IRAQ WAR PER DAY in health care and education costs alone.

I'm sorry they were born in a lousy country with poor health care and education benefits.  Not sorry enough to want to pay for their FREE treatment and EDUCATION.

No thanks

Answer 10

h**l yes, they do. They do all the jobs most people wouldn't take and they do it for pennies on the dollar. The fact that fruits and veggies don't cost a fortune for the consumer is because of the cheap illegal labour.

Answer 11

Nope they dont let me tell u why and in a theory based on numbers and logic not on BS.

- they use our road that we pay for fixing them,

- they use our hospitals and we pay the bill ( Gov dose but who payes the Gov ? ) ( WE )

- couple days ago a guy raped a U.S Citizen, ( Most of them are moral turpitude )

- The most Dangerous gang in the United States of America is called Ms-13 its operated by Mexican illegals in the United States

- what do u need more ? THEY ARE NOW REGISTERING TO VOTE AND making decisions who should be a president  go on youtube and checkit out u r self :D

Answer 12

They helped close the local hospital by using it for what should have been doctor visits.

Answer 13

they overwhelm social services and prisons

Answer 14

Yeah, because cheap labor is great for our economy, not. I learned that in junior high.

Answer 15

Yes.  They contribute a negative $135 billion a year minimum to the US taxpayers.  They positively absolutely impact the crime rate.  Almost 20% of the US prison population is illegal immigrants.

Answer 16

Yes they do. They offer cheap labor for companies thereby keeping food prices down. However the services that they need to use end up costing us.

Answer 17

No they do not.  They cost us $70 billion annually.

No contribution there.  In fact, that is TAKE, Take, take.

What we should do is DEPORT, Deport, deport.

Answer 18

They work hard and deliver an ethos of entrepeneurialship.

Answer 19

illegals contribute to US (business owners) through cheap labor, the positive impact is rich business owners get richer. the problem is the majority of US (taxpayers) are not business owners. the majority of us US (taxpayers) only get the burden of higher insurance premiums, both auto and health.

Answer 20

No,they don't. There is no positive impact only negative.

Answer 21

Of course they do. They work the hardest, doing the jobs that people who hate them wont ever do. [ego trip..]

They need people to give them more credit than what they get. After all they just want the best for their family, like everyone else.

Answer 22

yes they do at the detriment of ordinary citizens, but it really helps out big corporations like meat packing plants