A TEXAS REPRESENTATIVE WITH COMMON SENSE - SOMETHING OBAMA LACKS

TEXAS STATE REP. WANTS MEXICO TO REIMBURSE U.S. TAXPAYERS
 

Texas State Rep. Lyle Larson wrote in a March 21 letter that his state spends anywhere from $6 billion to $8 billion a year on health care and other costs for illegal immigrants – and he wants Mexican President Felipe Calderon to pay for it. Larson filed a bill during the 2011 legislative session that would have required state agencies and organizations to track the services they provide immigrants (and the expenses incurred) in order to figure out the illegal immigration problem from an “economic viewpoint.”

Amnesty advocates argue that illegal immigrants pay property and sales taxes – one study even suggested they pay more in state taxes than they cost the state in services even though actual costs are hard to pinpoint. At the local level, a study by the Texas Comptroller found that illegal immigrants pay more than $513 million in taxes but cost hospitals $1.3 billion in uncompensated health care and $141.9 million for incarceration, not to mention the cost for other services. The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that 1.65 million illegal immigrants live in Texas.

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