Illegal immigration is just that...
ILLEGAL.
According to the Pew Hispanic Center there were
11.5
million illegal immigrants living in the United States in 2011.
To cross the border into Mexico it is suggested that
you purchase Mexican auto insurance. You are required to have a passport and must
receive a tourist (FMT) card. Border officials may not even tell you where to
locate these. If a tourist commits an illegal act while in Mexico, he is now
under prosecution of Mexican judicial system. If an alien commits an illegal
act while in the U.S. he is removed. To enter back into the United States,
tourist must present a passport.
The
Visa Waiver Program allows eligible citizens to enter into the United
States for 90 days or less without first obtaining a visa. This leads to
"overstaying." Between thirty-three and forty percent of illegal
population came with visas and overstayed illegally.
To become a
citizen a person can become naturalized,
or apply for citizenship after having a valid green card for 5 years. A green card can be obtained through a family member, a job or having the status of a refugee. A person
can marry a U.S. citizen and apply for citizenship after three years of
marriage. Citizenship requires the reading and writing of English, and basic
history and government knowledge of the U.S. A
child born on U.S. soil is a citizen of the United States, and many immigrants see this as a way to citizenship.
More than 6,000 illegals came from Canada in 2010.
Around 1,881,390 aliens reside in California and 1,292,340 in Texas. Of the eleven
million illegal immigrant population, slightly fewer than 8.5 million jobs have
been taken.
The U.S. / Mexico border is the primary point of entry
for cocaine. Marijuana smuggled into the United States, grown in Mexico,
accounts for most of the marijuana in the U.S.. Mexican drug cartel brings in
around $23 billion in revenue from
drug
trafficking. Ex: BC Bud in Vancouver sells for two thousand dollars a
pound, but when smuggled into the U.S. it sells anywhere between $5,000 and
$8,000 a pound.
Hospitals are required by law to treat anyone that comes into the emergency room. The government in the past has reimbursed hospitals for treating the 11 million uninsured illegal immigrants.
Funding to hospitals will be cut when Obamacare takes effect and fewer people are without insurance.
President Obama has put a hold on deporting illegal aliens. Motor voter laws make it possible for aliens to register to vote. First lady Michelle Obama told supporters in Iowa the election could come down to a few thousand votes.
“I just want you to remember that in the end, this all could come
down to those last few thousand people that we register to vote." There are about 180,000 non-residents registered to vote in the upcoming election. Military men and women were
disenfranchised in the 2008 Presidential election, as their ballots were mailed too late to count or mailed to the wrong address. The Military tends to vote about 70% republican.There has been great concern over their votes getting counted in the 2012 election.
President Obama seems to favor the illegal aliens staying in the United States regardless of the direct economic drain that they put on the American tax payers. His interest in handouts to the poor and illegal residents of America is certainly because of the amount of votes that he can command from this segment of society regardless of the impact it has on America's future.
