Illegal Immigrates Cost Georgia $1.6 billion annually

[Annie143]

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/illegal-immigration-costs-georgia-16/story.aspx?guid={7BE91685-08C8-4040-8CF3-AA842589D49F}&dist=hppr

I hope this is a good link, not that many people read here.:) eta:I think not but I dont know how to do the tiny url's, I think it is. Interesting story from the Wall Street Journal Online Edition.

[Annie143]

I think that is an excellent suggestion. I will try and remember to do so.
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[OvrAndOvrAgn]

(This is only part of the story)

A state with an illegal immigrant population that more than doubled in the last eight years has taken major legislative measures to curb the crisis, which annually costs its legal residents close to $2 billion.
The rapid increase in Georgia’s illegal alien population has pushed state lawmakers to aggressively tackle the problem which has created a huge financial burden for its citizens. A new study reveals that the state annually spends $1.6 billion to educate, incarcerate and medically treat illegal immigrants.According to the in-depth study, Georgia’s illegal alien population went from 228,000 in 2000 to nearly half a million this year. As is the case nationwide, U.S. taxpayers pick up the tab to provide them with a variety of public services. In Georgia, each household headed by a law-abiding legal citizen contributes about $523 to the cause.The biggest chunk, about $1.37 billion a year, goes to educating the state’s estimated 64,100 school-aged illegal aliens and the nearly 90,000 U.S.-born children (anchor babies) of illegal immigrants. One in 10 public school students in Georgia is the child of an illegal immigrant.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2008/nov/illegal-immigrant-population-skyrockets-georgia

[LauraRose]

That is really upsetting. I'm not sure but isn't Georgia one of our poorer states? What a horrible burden for them. I.m hoping for changes now that we have a new president;)

Herlock

I live in CA and I feel Georigia's pain.


LauraR

[Annie143]

I have never heard of Georgia being one of the poorer states, not housing Atlanta(the hub for the SE) within their borders, immense farm land and several huge military bases, as well as, The Masters in beautiful Augusta (whoopee ! we go most every year.):)

That amount of money would drain the resources of most any State.