There are an estimated 5 million illegal aliens living in the United States. 300,000 are added to this number every year. It is also estimated that over one million transient illegal aliens are in the United States at any time. These estimations would be much higher if nearly three million illegal aliens were not given amnesty in 1986, allowing them to become legal members of our society. There is a list of 3.6 million eligible people waiting to be admitted as legal immigrants into our country; some of them have been on the list for eighteen years or more. Illegal aliens make a mockery of those who respect our laws and our country's sovereignty by waiting for a chance to immigrate. About half of all illegal aliens enter legally and then remain in the country illegally.
Illegal aliens displace an estimated 659,000 American workers every year, at a cost of $3.5 billion a year. Moreover, the cheap labor that illegal immigration provides
- aliens who have been here for more than twenty years
Some think that illegal aliens cannot receive welfare benefits, but they can, as a result of a provision known as PRUCOL (Permanently Residing Under the Color of Law). PRUCOL means a status that has the appearance of, but not the substance of, a legal right. This is not a status created by legislation, but one created by the courts. When an alien is designated as PRUCOL, it means that he/she technically has no right to be here, but is allowed to stay anyway. And, since the illegal alien is allowed to stay, he/she gets the same rights as if he/she were here legally. The exception is that a PRUCOL alien is not a legal permanent resident and may not apply for U.S. citizenship. This means that the PRUCOL alien may not sponsor the immigration of family members.
When you include the cost for displacing American workers, the cost of giving welfare to needy illegal aliens, and the cost of providing them g
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