A teacher's perspective on illegal immigration, good read!

[DougMD]

Tomatoes and Cheap Labor
> Cheap Tomatoes This should make everyone think, be you Democrat, Republican or
> Independent
> From a California school teacher - - -"As you listen to the news about the
> student protests over illegal immigration, there are some things that you should
> be aware of:
>
> I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a large
> southern California high s chool which is designated a Title 1 school, meaning
> that its students average lower socioeconomic and income levels.
>
> Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell Gardens,
> Huntington Park, etc., where these students are protesting, are also Title 1
> schools.
>
> Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When I say
> free breakfast, I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll -- but a full breakfast
> and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a Marriott proud. The
> waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays of it being dumped in the
> trash uneaten. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
>
> I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least moderately
> overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones. The school also provides day
> care centers for the unwed teenage pregnant girls
> (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of
> having to arrange for babysitters or having family watch their kids.
> (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
> I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing funding for the
> upcoming year even though there was little need for anything; my budget was
> already substantial. I ended up buying new computers for the computer learning
> center, half of which, one month later, have been carved with graffiti by the
> apprecia tive students who obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free
> education in America. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
>
> I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute teachers whose
> classes consist of many illegal immigrant students here in the country less then
> 3 months who raised so much hell with the female teachers, calling them "Putas"
> whores and throwing things that the teachers were in tears.
>
> Free medical, free education, free food, day care etc., etc., etc. Is it any
> wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country but to demand rights,
> privileges and entitlements?
>
> To those who want to point out how much these illegal immigrants contribute to
> our society because they LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they like to
> pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in the real world of illegal immigration
> and see the TRUE costs.< /B
>
> Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical costs, more crime,
> lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases etc.,
> etc, etc. For me, I'll pay more for tomatoes.
>
> We need to wake up. The guest worker program will be a disaster because we won't
> have the guts to enfor ce it. Does anyone in their right mind really think they
> will voluntarily leave and return?
>
> There are many hardworking Hispanic/American citizens that contribute to our
> country and many that I consider my true friends. We should encourage and accept
> those Hispanics who have done it the right and legal way.
>
> It does, however, have everything to do with cu lture: A third-world culture
> that does not value education, that accepts children getting pregnant and
> dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to assimilate, and an American
> culture that has become so weak and worried about "politically correct" that we
> don't have the will to do anything about it.
>
> If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine, forward this to everyone you
> know.
> CHEAP LABOR? Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about?
> Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage
> Consumers don't want expensive produce
> Government will tell you Americans don't want the jobs
> But the bottom line is cheap labor. The phrase "cheap labor" is a myth, a farce,
> and a lie. there is no such thing as "cheap labor."
>
> Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife and five children. He takes a
> job for $5.00 or $6.00/hour. At that wage, with six dependents, he pays no
> income tax, yet at the end of the year, if he files an Income Tax Return, he
> gets an "earned income credit" of up to $3,200 free.
>
> He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent
> He qualifies for food stamps
> He qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-pay) health care
> His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school
> He requires bilingual teachers and books
> He qualifies for relief from high energy bills
> If they are or become, aged, blind or disabled, they qualify for SSI. Once
> qualified for SSI they can qualify for Medicare. All of this is at taxpayer's
> expense
>
> He doesn't worry about car insurance, life insurance, or homeowners insurance.
> Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins and printed material.
> He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00 to $30.00/hour in benefits.
> Working Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or $6.00/hour left after paying their
> bills and his.
> The American taxpayer's also pay for increased crime, graffiti and trash
> clean-up.
> Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT! Wake up people!
>

[falcon]

Very good post. Illegals alsocommit more crimes than US citizens.

[DougMD]

And kill more US citizens in one year than we've lost in Iraq in the four years since we went in.

[Cougar Mag]

All true and its sad. What is interesting though is the fact many businesses pay NO taxes and so do not share in paying for all the free stuff the illegals get.

[Aught Six]

Yep, this garbage infuriates me to no end...

[Red Lion]

[Alsatian]

"illegal immigrant" says it all, all that needs to be said. It mattereth not whether the illegal is of Mexican origin, Canadian origin, Chinese origin, or what have you. Throw the illegals out, into the bloody ocean without a boat and without paying for their lunch. It is of no concern to me how they got here or where they are going beyond my borders, just get the he11 out. And I do not care a lick for the sad story "but, but, but . . . whoze gunna do tha work, man?!!! We won't get no work done! We'll all have to live in a cardboard box down by the river cuz we wone be able to afford to build houzez!!!" That is crap. The work will get done. Ditto with the H1B visa. The work will get done. Maybe some of the engineers who took jobs as managers at Home Depot can reenter the engineering workforce when engineers can't be hired from India for $45,000 salaries and worked 80 hours per week in sweatshops. Maybe we'll have to pay $0.10 more for our copy of Windows from Microsoft; maybe we'll have to pay $2.00 more for our WiFi device on our laptops. I don't think that means the sky is going to fall.

[ipscshooter]

DougMD: You'll have some idiots in here arguing with you shortly... Geraldo???

[CalHunter]

He does make some valid points. There's no such thing as a free lunch and cheap labor really does have many hidden costs that we as taxpayers are paying for.

[burniegoeasily]

I run the science dept at a title 1 school, and this post is right on.


I read just today that illegals get on an average $45,000 of government assistance, yet generateand average of $9,000 tax.Welcome to America,that would be the U.S.S.A (united, socialist states of america). Strap it on, when the demos 400 billion tax hike hits its going to hurt.