The political left has often argued that illegal aliens in America are a benefit to America. The argument is that they pay taxes and contribute to society. But what do the actual statistics say?<\/p>\n
On Friday, The Lid<\/a> posted some statistics relating to illegal aliens:<\/p>\n Democrats even go farther in their support for illegals and claim that they really don\u2019t benefit from our system at all and that WE are the ones that reap all the benefits from illegal aliens.<\/strong><\/p>\n As their argument goes, Illegals take jobs Americans won\u2019t do. Then all the taxes they pay go into our system, but because they are not legal, they don\u2019t file taxes and, therefore, don\u2019t get any refunds, so they forfeit their taxes.<\/strong><\/p>\n Like everything liberals say, there is a tiny bit of truth in there. It is true they pay taxes in the form of paycheck withholding. And, yes, they don\u2019t legally get that money back in IRS refunds. But that is where the truth stops.<\/strong><\/p>\n No, they don\u2019t take jobs Americans won\u2019t do. Americans will take those jobs when enough illegals are deported leaving those jobs open long enough.<\/strong><\/p>\n But there is an even bigger lie in the left\u2019s claims. Their claim that illegals are good for us because they pay taxes and we benefit is a lie.<\/strong><\/p>\n Again, yes, some of them pay taxes. But are they really a plus for us? The answer to that is a resounding no. And the reason for that is because they take far more in government services (both federal and state) than they ever pay in taxes.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Center for Immigration Studies noted that 59 percent of non-citizen households are on welfare of one sort or another. That is compared to only 39 percent of citizens.<\/strong><\/p>\n The article notes that literally hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars earned by illegal aliens are sent back home to their families. That is money earned that is never put into the American economy.<\/p>\n The article concludes:<\/p>\n Illegals and other migrants who really aren\u2019t in the U.S. to become part of our country send more money home from their U.S. paychecks than the U.S. government spends in foreign aid.<\/strong><\/p>\n This is money 100% lost to our economy, money that doesn\u2019t benefit local businesses, not our schools, not invested in the U.S., not anything. It is money bled out of our country, lost forever. Gone.<\/strong><\/p>\n So, the truth is, the numbers show that liberals are liars. Illegal aliens are a net drag on this country. They don\u2019t help us even a little bit.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The political left has often argued that illegal aliens in America are a benefit to America. The argument is that they pay taxes and contribute to society. But what do the actual statistics say? On Friday, The Lid posted some … Continue reading