A Comment About

Shattering Myths About Immigrants

July 29, 2009 - 12:59 am - by Ruben Navarrette Jr.
M.P.
2009-07-29 06:21:50

Sorry Ruben – the ‘study’ you sight (wonder who paid for it and what their agenda is) doesn’t line up with what I see around me. I live in the suburbs outside New York City and see waves of Latino immigrants working in cash under the table jobs (so no need to pay income taxes on that), living in rental apartments usually illegal units (so no property taxes) whose kids get a full public education and then some because they usually need some form of special education services and who use the emergency room or free clinics for all their healthcare from giving birth to heart surgery all on the taxpayers dime. My frustration is not Latinos coming to this country to work and become good citizens which most are. It is all the social services that are provided when they really do not pay income or property taxes. There are many millions of illegal immigrants getting all these services for several generations and they just keep coming. Taxes and healthcare costs keep going up at a rapid pace with no sign of leveling off. There have just been too many immigrants flooding over the border for the past 20 years with all these associated costs. It’s overwhelming and given the state of the economy, we need a break.