NO, NO, NO!!!

The Bottom Line on Illegal Imigration is Red

As with all states, education is California's single largest public expenditure and commands 42% of that state's $150 billion budget. The State of California's Legislative Analyst's Office reports that of the state's 6.4 million K through 12 public school students, one out of four is not fluent in English. Of that number, 85% are Spanish speaking. Additionally, one out of nine of these students require special education programs.

These children of Spanish speaking foreign immigrants increase California's K-12 enrollment by 21.3%, nearly 1.4 million students. At $11,584 each, which is the state's 2007-2008 budgeted allocation per student, the cost of educating these students is $15.8 billion. Add in the $1.3 billion for special programs to accommodate non-English speaking students, and the cost increases to $17.1 billion. The state's current budget deficit is projected to be $16 billion.

The other significant public costs directly attributable to illegal immigration are law enforcement, health, and welfare services.

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Illegal Immigration breaks backs of taxpaying U.S. citizens

Are you having a hard time paying your bills, making your mortgage payments or putting your kids through college? You need to know how much of your hard-earned income the government is skimming off and diverting into handouts to immigrants and illegal immigrants.

You can read the depressing details in the new 70-page document called "The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Immigration" by Edwin S. Rubenstein. A Manhattan Institute adjunct fellow with a mile-long scholarly resume, he has been doing financial analysis ever since he directed the studies of government waste for the Grace Commission of 1984.

http://www.esrresearch.com/Rubensteinreport.pdf

The bottom line, which you need to know for your own bottom line, is that U.S. taxpayers are giving more than $9,000 a year in cash or benefits to each immigrant, a third of whom are in the country illegally. That's $36,000 for each immigrant household of four.

Because the U.S. has 37 million immigrants, legal and illegal, the national cost was more than $346 billion last year, which was twice our fiscal deficit. The cost of immigrants is so high because, as Rubenstein writes, "Immigrants are poorer, pay less tax and are more likely to receive public benefits than natives."

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=61861

i dont think this bill will go anywhere, however, i think the bill is a great idea. there are some flaws though. undocumented immigrants should be allowed to apply for scholarships but should not be allowed to apply for financial aid.
also, many undocumented immigrants do pay taxes because some own businesses like donut shops, taco trucks, stands at the flea market,nail salons and such.
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i think that this story wasn't written fairly because i know that the debate about this bill and providing for undocumented immigrants is a lot bigger.

Ha! Guess he's not really just "One-Bill" Gil anymore - now he's "two bill" Gil. One, drivers licenses for illegals and two, financial aid via the Dream act - both of which are undeserved, unearned and an affront to those who ASKED PERMISSION to be here. I'm not sorry, but if your parents brought you here when you were little - that's no excuse. The benefit of education is one of the many many benefits that attract and continue to attract illegal immigration that are here without permission. With a looming deficit, according to Arnold, of 20 billion somebody will have to get some cajones to stand up against those who would make a sinkhole out of California. Hey, an additional 10 billion dollars in CA's pocket wouldn't hurt (yes, that's the amount paid for benefits to illegals!). By the way, the comment from Sam Habteblahblah in the article is entirely laughable and extremely stupid. If he is our future, we're in trouble. Well, he's young so, okay, he's entitled to his idiotic opinion - but I'd love to see his point of view in 15 years when he's a full fledged California taxpayer.