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Originally Posted by tcnohead
Has anyone mentioned the enormous increase in identity theft cases in recent years that are directly attributed to illegal immigration?
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Originally Posted by Brennon
I never said anything against immigration 
I pointed out the fact that many southwesterners have a problem with illegal immigration due to the drain on the healthcare systems, school systems, etc. You think anyone would be complaining if all they did was pick strawberries? That's a bit of a simplification of the issues at hand. If we ended the freebies, people would simply stop caring. I'm sure they do come here for a better life, but that does not mean they do not place a drain on the health care system, school system, etc. I've worked in a hospital and my significant other works with mediCal appeals. A majority of all mediCal appeals are for illegal aliens. |
Besides identity theft there are the gangs like Mara 18.
The following quote is a few years old but is still very true.
The popular perception of illegal aliens crossing our southern border is that they are merely poor Mexicans trying to find a better life here. But increasingly, the border is being crossed by hardened, often violent criminals. During the past five months, more than 42,000 of the illegal aliens caught at the border were convicted criminals or people being sought in connection with crimes, according to federal officials. About 139,000 of the illegal aliens arrested last year fell into the same category.
Mexican Cartels Rule Drug Trade, Gangs across the border now top supplier to U.S.
Mexico's drug gangs have been highly successful in the past two decades, gradually replacing Colombian gangs in the United States to control the profitable distribution of cocaine from coast to coast. Colombia remains the world's largest producer, but Larry Holifield, the DEA's director for Mexico and Central America, says Mexican cartels are now the most powerful in the world. In 2003, Mexican traffickers supplied 77 percent of the cocaine that entered the US. Last year, it was 92 percent, Anthony Placido, the top DEA intelligence official, told a congressional panel in June.
They also bring in most of the methamphetamine.
There is a drain on the health care system, the school system, and the criminal justice system. So much for victimless crimes.