Showing posts with label illegal immigration costs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illegal immigration costs. Show all posts

Saturday, July 19, 2014

Obama's Border Crisis Creation is Grounds for Impeachment

Isn’t it incredible that impeachment proceedings haven’t begun for President Obama? I know the Democrats will have none of it and the Republicans don’t have the moral courage in an election year to launch impeachment but instead file a toothless lawsuit?  The main stream media is in bed with him certainly isn’t proposing it and worships him but party politics aside enough is enough. The list of lawlessness goes on and on. He makes Nixon, Clinton and George W. look like Eagle Scouts.  

It’s becoming impossible to keep track of the almost daily malfeasance. The IRS targeting Obama’s enemies and deleting emails, the unbelievable hostage trade, the disgraceful lack of treatment for our warriors at Veteran’s Hospital’s, then there’s the ineptitude and inaction in Iraq and the pending military, political, social and economic disaster for the entire Middle East region that is sure to follow as a result.

Then there’s the old scandals the liberal media has purposely chosen not to investigate like the Benghazi cover up that helped him win reelection in 2012, the Justice Department digging into Associated Press phone records to uncover leaks and the notorious ATF Fast and Furious debacle. If nothing else, Eric Holder the top Law Enforcement official in the US government should have been impeached for committing perjury trying to cover up his and undoubtedly Obama’s involvement in Fast and Furious.

This list alone would have been enough for the liberal media to be clamoring 24/7 to crucify any Republican President in the Oval Office but not the untouchable Barrack Obama. Remove this list and there’s still an older one of foreign policy and domestic failures that would have been grounds for at least firing him and it goes clear back to 2009, instead he gets reelected thanks to the denial of uninformed Democrats and his adoring media.

If you exclude Obamacare his newest catastrophe and possibly his worst, which is of his own creation by the way, is the appalling humanitarian crisis on the border. His statement, “I have a phone and a pen and plan to use it” (To bypass Congress) was all the people from Mexico and Central America needed to hear. It was clearly an invitation to more desperate illegal’s to cross the border and to force the hand of the Republicans to come to the table this year on an Amnesty Bill.

And what he and the Democrats want is an Amnesty Bill, they call it Immigration Reform but granting citizenship to 11 million illegal’s is Amnesty, it has nothing to do with reform. The inaction on his part to beef up border security which he could do with a call or a pen and enforce the immigration laws that are already in existence is more than adequate to deal with this crisis. Any intelligent person of course understands this for what it is, an intentional act of political gamesmanship. It’s also an excellent way to bring 11 million new citizens to the Democrat party.

Recently he proposed a $3.76 billion emergency appropriations bill to help house and feed the illegal immigrants and 52,000 unoccupied minors that have flooded over the border mostly for Central America. It’s disguised as humanitarianism but it’s really about is trying to run some interference in the main stream media. He has the lowest approval rating poll numbers of any serving President in history and has limited political capitol or credibility left.

All he can hope to do in the next several months is execute the bait and switch game with the immigration (Amnesty) fiasco and blame Republicans in this election cycle. It’s no accident; it’s clearly an act of desperation, he’s aware the Democrats more than likely will lose the majority in the US Senate.

The appropriations bill like most the President has proposed has some additions attached to it to put the Republicans in a box. It includes more money for highway infrastructure and money to fight wildfires. Instead of proposing a stand only bill to deal with the short term border crisis he and the Democrats toss this in the salad to make the Republicans look heartless if they don’t support it. Only 5% of the bill deals with additional border enforcement, again not accidental. Blank taxpayer checks are always the answer for Democrats.  

I’m so disgusted with Obama, both of the political parties, the media and the apathetic and ignorant American citizens. When are we going to start demanding lawful, moral and ethical accountability from our top government officials of both parties again, especially the President? When are we going to return to a nation of laws and not of men?

Since we hired them we can fire them if they’re not representing us by using the voting booth. Today we must call or write our elected officials in Congress and demand accountability, if enough yell they will start listening.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Costs of Illegal Immigration to Oregon Taxpayers

The Federation for American Immigration released a report, The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers, which included information specific to each of the 50 states, including Oregon.

The report estimated the annual costs of illegal immigration at the federal, state and local level, combined, to be about $113 billion, nearly $29 billion at the federal level and $84.2 billion at the state and local level.

The cost to Oregon's state and local taxpayers is estimated to be $705 million annually.

On a per family basis, this amounts to between $751 and $1,000 annually per native-headed household.  The figure for Washington State is the same.  In Idaho, it was less, in the $501to $750 range, and more in California, over $1501 per annum per native-headed household. 

Among the areas of expense measured, education is the most costly in dollars.  The annual state outlay for K-12 public schooling for children of illegal aliens in Oregon is estimated to be $425.4 million.  The figure is based on 33,652 K-12 students (children of illegal aliens) @ $10,526 each, totaling $354.2 million. In addition, the cost of LEP (Limited English Proficiency) students is estimated:  27,069 students (children of illegal aliens) @ $2,631, totaling  $71.2 million.  The two figures, 354.2 million per student cost plus the extra amount for LEP programs for a portion of the children of illegal aliens, $71.2 million, equal the sum of $425.4 million per annum.

Administration of justice outlays are the next most costly in dollars, amounting to $111 million annually. This includes extra costs for police, $31.7 million; judicial/legal expenses, $12.5 million; corrections (incarceration and related expenses) , $73.4 million.

The Federal program called SCAAP (State Criminal Alien Assistance Program)  provides federal payments to states and localities that incurred correctional officer salary costs for incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens with at least one felony or two misdemeanor convictions for violations of state or local law, and incarcerated for at least 4 consecutive days during the reporting period.  According to the FAIR report, SCAAP reimburses Oregon in the amount of $6.7 million of the $73.4 million spent on incarceration and related costs.

A third major area of expense is medical care for illegal aliens. Oregon spends an estimated total of $79.7 million annually for medical care to illegal aliens.  This includes Emergency Medicaid for births, $7.1 million, and $53.6 million for other Emergency Medicaid. Also, the cost of medical insurance for U.S.-born is figured at $15.7 million. Requirements under the federal SCHIP program (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) cost Oregon another $3.2 million.

Child care outlays are in addition to medical care.

The Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) is a federal program that assists low-income families, families receiving temporary public assistance, and those transitioning from public assistance in obtaining childcare so they can work, attend training, or continue education.

The purpose of CCDF is to increase the availability, affordability, and quality of childcare.

Oregon participates in the program, and FAIR estimates that Oregon spends annually $22.1 million on this program, covering 10,650 children of illegal aliens @ $2,073 each.

The Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program is another federal program that Oregon participates in. Oregon spends $9.8 million on this program annually to cover 7,768 children in families without eligible parents.

Summing Up

Oregon’s Outlays on Illegal Aliens - $705 million annually.

Includes K-12, $354.2 million; LEP,$ 71.2 million; Medicaid, $60.7 million; SCHIP+ $19.0 million; Justice, $110.8 million; Welfare+, $ 31.9 million;  General, $57.1 million.

How much of this expense is funded by taxes paid by illegal aliens? The FAIR study estimates that illegal aliens pay $17.7 million to Oregon from property taxes and income taxes -- $13.2 million in property taxes, and $4.4 million in income taxes. 

Thus the net fiscal cost to Oregon is $687.2 million annually, figured by subtracting $17.7 million in taxes paid by illegal aliens from the $704.9 million outlay by the state. 

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