70% of illegal immigrants on welfare

While many of us in America may empathize with the plight of the impoverished of Mexico and elsewhere, the simple fact is that illegal immigration is a terrible strain on our economy and infrastructure. We simply cannot afford to help those who steal from us, when our own people are going hungry and without the most basic necessities.

New York tied for second place along with Texas and California, behind Arizona, for states paying out the most welfare to illegal immigrant families. So it appears that the illegals are not here so much to work as they are here to gobble up the tax dollars and get a free lunch. To say nothing of the other burdens illegals have imposed on infrastructure like medical and and public schools, it appears that the myth of the illegal being here to do jobs that Americans won't is BUSTED!

Here's an article on the findings by the Center for Immigration Studies, repoted by the Houston Chronicle:

http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/04/study-70-of-texas-illegal-immigrant-families-receive-welfare/

For further reading on the perils of illegal immigration, check out this article from the Mainstream Media Review:

Border War: Blind Eye of America

Welfare line start here.