Social costs of Mexican poverty … in North Carolina

This e-mail from a reader made my jaw drop:

Your recent article discussed the costs to American taxpayers if we grant amnesty. I would like to give you some personal insight about the costs of illegal immigrants today. I live in Charlotte, N.C. which has an exploding Mexican population. Voters and politicians are in a ferocious battle about the CMS (Charlotte Mecklenburg School System) and their budget request and huge bond request. To counter the protests about the exploding costs, the Board of Education, on our public access channel, presented some statistics ‘proving’ why they need large increases in their budget. Two facts on their presentation were stunning to me—80% of the Mexican children entering the CMS system are on Medicaid and Food Stamps already. There will be over 4,000 new students in the school system, and a substantial percentage (they didn’t give a percentage) are described as having ‘complex needs.’ This is PC code for non-English educational needs.

When I hear people saying these illegal immigrants are paying taxes and are not a burden, I roll my eyes. Anyone can look at the large metropolitan cities and see the impact of illegal immigration—rapidly increasing taxes, especially property taxes to support the costs of supporting illegal immigration.

Before we consider anything about what to do with illegals, build the fence, eliminate citizenship for children born of illegal immigrants, reform and streamline our deportation procedures, and enforce the laws we already have. I, like many people, believe we are being invaded, and unbelievably, our politicians are working for our destruction. Bush is now Kennedy’s best friend. I made a terrible mistake voting for Bush.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at April 11, 2006 09:33 PM | Send