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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 860880" data-attributes="member: 12952">Amnesty Costs American JobsAmnesty costs jobsBy Rep. Lamar Smith  (R-Texas)Millions of Americans are looking for work. The federal government is&nbsp; borrowing 43 cents on every dollar it spends. And the economy is&nbsp; dragging along the bottom. Incredibly, and contrary to common sense,&nbsp; some argue that granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants will&nbsp; solve all our problems and create jobs, increase revenues and boost the&nbsp; economy. But their claims are built on a foundation of sand.Caught in a flimsy web of fiction, amnesty supporters confuse illegal&nbsp; immigrants with legal immigrants. We should encourage immigration by&nbsp; highly skilled legal immigrants. But those highly skilled workers aren’t&nbsp; illegal immigrants. They have played by the rules, waited their turn in&nbsp; line and came to the U.S. legally on visas.While highly skilled legal immigrants contribute to the American&nbsp; economy, illegal immigrants do the opposite. Nonpartisan economists have&nbsp; determined that illegal immigrants are a fiscal drain on American&nbsp; taxpayers. That’s because a majority of illegal immigrants have less&nbsp; than a high school education and earn well below average incomes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 860880, member: 12952"] Amnesty Costs American Jobs [B]Amnesty costs jobs By Rep. Lamar Smith  (R-Texas)[/B] Millions of Americans are looking for work. The federal government is borrowing 43 cents on every dollar it spends. And the economy is dragging along the bottom. Incredibly, and contrary to common sense, some argue that granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants will solve all our problems and create jobs, increase revenues and boost the economy. But their claims are built on a foundation of sand. Caught in a flimsy web of fiction, amnesty supporters confuse illegal immigrants with legal immigrants. We should encourage immigration by highly skilled legal immigrants. But those highly skilled workers aren’t illegal immigrants. They have played by the rules, waited their turn in line and came to the U.S. legally on visas. While highly skilled legal immigrants contribute to the American economy, illegal immigrants do the opposite. Nonpartisan economists have determined that illegal immigrants are a fiscal drain on American taxpayers. That’s because a majority of illegal immigrants have less than a high school education and earn well below average incomes. [/QUOTE]

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