The essence of this article is as follows: LA county has spent 600 million dollars on welfare benefits for the children of illegal immigrants over the course of 2010. This brings the total cost of illegals and their children in LA County to 1.6 billion dollars, according to LA County Supervisor Michael Antonovich. Though some protest the inclusion of the technically US citizen status of the children of illegal immigrants in estimated costs, others point out that the illegal parents are the recipients of the welfare benefits. The estimated cost, though, did not include the massive cost of education for the children of illegals. Nationwide, illegals costed taxpayers 113 billion dollars over 2010, according to the Federation for American Immigration Reform. Antonovich called for the cutting of benefits for illegals and their children, citing that illegals and their children accounted for 22% of food stamp and CalWORKS spending.
This article is journalism: it presented facts with minimal opinion, it cited its references, and quoted government officials.
Considering the current budget crisis of California and the poor job climate, it seems inappropriate to be feeding and educating foreigners on the taxpayers' tab, especially when higher taxes are on the table. Although the CBT of Creation (Language Arts) that all men are created equal is true, and illegals deserve all the respect due to any human, America simply cannot afford to act as a charity any more. California is on the brink of bankruptcy, and though its budget system and bloated pension structure needs overhauling, the first step should be the suspension of social benefits for illegals and their children. This will require an amendment to the US Constitution repealing the 14 Amendment, which was only meant to guarantee the citizenship of former slaves and their children but has now been twisted to cover myriad issues that don't have anything to do with its original subject.
