Received this email from a friend of mine who is currently in Calif.
The e-mail elicits some very interesting insights on the subject of
illegals in this country no matter where they may be from. Give it a read
and see if you agree or not.
This should make everyone think, be you Democrat, Republican or
Independent
From a California school teacher - - -"As you listen to the
news about the student protests over illegal immigration, there are some things
that you should be aware of:
I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-
language department at a large southern California high school which is
designated a Title 1 school, meaning that its students average lower
socioeconomic and income levels.
Most of the schools you are hearing
about, South Gate High, Bell Gardens ,Huntington Park , etc., where these
students are protesting, are also Title 1 schools.
Title 1 schools are on
the free breakfast and free lunch program. When I say free breakfast, I'm not
talking a glass of milk and roll -- but a full breakfast and cereal bar with
fruits and juices that would make a Marriott proud. The waste of this food is
monumental, with trays and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten. (OUR
TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
I estimate that well over 50% of these students are
obese or at least moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones.
The school also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage pregnant girls
(some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of
having to arrange for baby sitters or having family watch their kids. (OUR TAX
DOLLARS AT WORK)
I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk
losing funding for the upcoming year even though there was little need for
anything; my budget was already substantial. I ended up buying new computers for
the computer learning center, half of which, one month later, have been carved
with graffiti by the appreciative student's who obviously feel humbled and
grateful to have a free education in America . (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT
WORK)
I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute
teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students here in the
country less then 3 months who raised so much hell with the female teachers,
calling them "Putas" whores and throwing things that the teachers were in
tears.
Free medical, free education, free food, day care etc., etc., etc.
Is it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country but
to demand rights, privileges and entitlements?
To those who want to point
out how much these illegal immigrants contribute to our society because they
LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes:
spend some time in the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE
costs.
Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical
costs, more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding,
new diseases etc., etc, etc.
For me, I'll pay more for tomatoes. We need
to wake up. The guest worker program will be a disaster because we won't have
the guts to enforce it.
Does anyone in their right mind really think
they will voluntarily leave and return?
There are many hardworking
Hispanic/American citizens that contribute to our country and many that I
consider my true friends. We should encourage and accept those Hispanics who
have done it the right and legal way.
It does, however, have everything
to do with culture: A third-world culture that does not value education, that
accepts children getting pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that
refuses to assimilate, and an American culture that has become so weak and
worried about "politically correct" that we don't have the will to do anything
about it.
If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine, forward this to
everyone you know.
CHEAP LABOR?
Isn't that what the whole
immigration issue is about?
Business doesn't want to pay a decent
wage
Consumers don't want expensive produce
Government will tell
you Americans don't want the jobs, But the bottom line is cheap labor.
The phrase "cheap labor" is a myth, a farce, and a lie. there is no such
thing as "cheap labor."
Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife
and five children. He takesa job for $5.00 or $6.00/hour.
At that wage,
with six dependents, he pays no income tax, yet at the end of the year, if he
files an Income Tax Return, he gets an "earned income credit" of up to $3,200
free. He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent.
He
qualifies for food stamps
He qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-
pay) health care.
His children get free breakfasts and lunches at
school.
He requires bilingual teachers and books.
He qualifies
for relief from high energy bills.
If they are or become, aged, blind or
disabled, they qualify for SSI. Once qualified for SSI they can qualify for
Medicare. All of this is at taxpayer's expense.
He doesn't worry about
car insurance, life insurance, or homeowners insurance.
Taxpayers provide
Spanish language signs, bulletins and printed material.
He and his family
receive the equivalent of $20.00 to $30.00/ hour in benefits.
Working
Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or $6.00/hour left after paying their bills
and his.
The American taxpayer's also pay for increased crime, graffiti
and trash clean-up.
Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT! Wake up people!
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