Costs of Illegal Immigration to Georgians (born, illegal immigrants, unemployment, Mexican)

[JDubsMom]

The more than $1.6 billion fiscal burden borne by Georgia taxpayers annually result from outlays in the following areas:

• Education. Based on an estimate of 64,100 school-age illegal aliens and 89,700 U.S.-born school-aged children of illegal aliens and estimated per pupil costs of $8,500 per year for public K-12 schooling, Georgians spend about $1.37 billion annually on educating the children of illegal immigrants. An additional $81 million is being spent annually on programs for limited English students most of whom are likely children of illegal aliens. Those estimates exclude federal contributions to those programs. Nearly one in ten (9.7%) K-12 public school students in Georgia is the child of an illegal alien, and this presence has been increasing as the illegal resident population increases.

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR): The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Georgians (2008)

[High Springs Gator]

JDUBS, the state of Georgia is addicted to cheap labor. What can you expect when you import the poorest and least educated from Mexico's interior. Because of greed, Georgia will no longer be a low population state. As I travel through Georgia I see bumper to bumper traffic and Mexican music is displacing country music on the radio. So long Georgia.

[JDubsMom]

Originally Posted by High Springs Gator

JDUBS, the state of Georgia is addicted to cheap labor. What can you expect when you import the poorest and least educated from Mexico's interior. Because of greed, Georgia will no longer be a low population state. As I travel through Georgia I see bumper to bumper traffic and Mexican music is displacing country music on the radio. So long Georgia.

I lived in Texas about 12 years ago. At the time a friend of mine who I used to work with in Chicago had opened an IT business in Atlanta and tried to convince me to move there and share the future wealth. For years after I returned to the Chicagoland area, I kicked myself because I thought I had made the wrong decision. Now that both Tx and GA are infested with illegal aliens, and my area isn't, I now know I made the best choice possible. I can't imagine the horror of living in either of those places.

[neil0311]

Originally Posted by High Springs Gator

JDUBS, the state of Georgia is addicted to cheap labor. What can you expect when you import the poorest and least educated from Mexico's interior. Because of greed, Georgia will no longer be a low population state. As I travel through Georgia I see bumper to bumper traffic and Mexican music is displacing country music on the radio. So long Georgia.

Well, that's a real oversimplification and bit inaccurate. Many illegals are going home as the meltdown in the housing industry continues and the unemployment rate in GA hits 7.5% and climbing.

Most likely there won't be too much heating up in new home construction for at least a year or two, and Atlanta based home builders like Beazer are on the edge of going bust. There are way too many half finished or half sold subdivisions now, along with a high number of foreclosures.

The Atlanta area is well poised and will rebound well once the larger economy gets moving, and the housing market, which never really bubbled in Atlanta, will rebound as well as the demand picks up and supply dwindles. The job for the federal, state, and local governments is to not allow another flood of illegals to return once the economy picks back up.

[High Springs Gator]

Originally Posted by neil0311

Well, that's a real oversimplification and bit inaccurate. Many illegals are going home as the meltdown in the housing industry continues and the unemployment rate in GA hits 7.5% and climbing.

Most likely there won't be too much heating up in new home construction for at least a year or two, and Atlanta based home builders like Beazer are on the edge of going bust. There are way too many half finished or half sold subdivisions now, along with a high number of foreclosures.

The Atlanta area is well poised and will rebound well once the larger economy gets moving, and the housing market, which never really bubbled in Atlanta, will rebound as well as the demand picks up and supply dwindles. The job for the federal, state, and local governments is to not allow another flood of illegals to return once the economy picks back up.

Illegals are still heavily employed in Ga's textile mills, poultry plants, and service industries. Those jobs arent going away.