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I've talked with people of both sides of this issue and they all agree with this solution.

The first thing to understand is that most of the people who enter the United States illegally risk their lives in this endeavor. Once here, they don't want to go back because they have to take this risk again. If they are bringing their family with them, then they're put at risk also.

So where do these people come from? My brother-in-law, who is Hispanic, retired from the Immigration and Naturalization Service. His last job with the INS was to escort illegal aliens back to their homeland. So he was frequently traveling to Rome, London, Tokyo, etc. My point is that illegal aliens come from around the world. (web site)

The largest source for illegal aliens is the North American Region, but the second largest source is the Asian Region, which has almost twice as many illegal aliens as the South American Region (third) or the European Region (fourth). The Middle East has very few people who enter the United States illegally according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In fact India, China, and Korea are the fourth, fifth, and sixth largest sources of illegal aliens.

Illegal aliens cost American citizens enormously, despite what some would have you believe. Here are some of the costs:

1. HEALTHCARE Illegal Aliens use a disproportionate amount of Emergency Room care for non-emergency healthcare. Because these are not paid by the illegal aliens, the cost is past on to the citizens in the form of higher insurance, higher prices, and, for county hospitals, higher taxes.

2. EDUCATION Some illegal aliens children have never attended school before yet our teachers are expected to bring them up to grade quickly. Then there are the age barriers. These and other issues are responsible for much of the lower educational standards we are seeing in our schools. Also, this is causing a tremendous burden on our teachers Good working conditions are important in retaining good teachers. All of this is creating an environment of boredom for many of our students and chasing some of our brightest out of school. Taxes are always on the rise to take care of these increasingly heavy financial costs. When these taxes hit businesses, they pass the costs on to the consumers. Further, by increasing the property taxes, this is causing many people to loose their homes and, in turn, hurts the new construction market (which is a major employer of illegal aliens).

3. CRIME On average, about twelve percent of those illegal aliens who are caught are on the run from their own government for crimes they committed there. Illegal aliens commit a disproportionate amount of rapes, murder, drug crimes, burglaries, gang violence, and other crimes. It is just terrible to put the lives of illegal aliens before those of U.S. Citizens in America. The cost is lives lost and damaged is just part of the total costs. You also have the need for more prison space and jail space. More police and guards are also needed. The costs of these are put on the backs of U.S. Citizens in the form of higher taxes and well as higher costs for food, clothing, and other goods and services.

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