Cost of Anchor Babies in LA?
 

Welfare benefits for the children of illegal immigrants cost America's largest county more than $600 million last year, according to a local official keeping tabs on the cost

She also questioned the authenticity of Antonovich's numbers regarding health care and public safety -- though for the welfare program statistics, Antonovich cited numbers from the county's Department of Public Social Services.
Antonovich acknowledges that the children whose benefits he's focusing on are U.S.-born. But he argues that the moneyis collected by the illegal immigrant parents, putting a painful burden on taxpayers, including those who are legal immigrants.

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The state of Texas has a deficit of $27 billion dollars in 2011. That is just the deficit of one state. The cost(regardless of the benefits the new "legals" will provide) of passing the DREAM act is $6.2 billion nationwide. I think Jesus would want us to keep that money for ourselves don't you think?

Our church has a Spanish ministry and I met my wife there a couple of years ago. Should I have turned her and my "anchor baby" step-daughter in to the authorities? Maybe I'll stick with my own kind next time if God doesn't see fit for this marriage to work.

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The Church has always been a sanctuary to refugees, those without a home, and in trouble. You may call her a criminal, but I'd receive her as a sister and definitely tell her she could trust our community to love her --- not play detective on her.

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As far as the Dream Act goes, I don't believe we should reward people who are not citizens just because they are going to college if we are not gonna reward everyone that comes here from Japan and other places to go to school with Citizenship too. It does not make sense

However I do think we should give those that serve in the military a full term and see action with a path to citizenship

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Do you love her enough to pay all her expenses while she is here and all her family that will follow her. A criminal is anyone who is breaking the law.

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Then go get 'em Inspector Javert! :thumbsup

May Jesus be with you in your righteous pursuits.

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Maybe you could enlighten us with your solution for the illegal immigration problem?

:highfive

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It doesn't sound like his point was to get into his solutions. He was saying he wouldn't start turning in those who were in his family or church.

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So you would then turn in others, who were not in your family or church?

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I wouldn't.

There's a family across the street from me that we've gotten to know quite well. I suspect they are here illegally. They are not violent people, drug users, etc. If they were, I'd probably report them. I don't ask, they don't tell. That's my personal rule for now.