Thread: US Immigration Reform

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Originally Posted by OckerRocker

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

See where even Rubio has backed away from his 'gang of 8' plan?

I'd be interested in some links to the numbers and statements, thanks

Here you go:

Staggering Cost Of Illegal Aliens In America [at]

Revealed: How immigrants in America are sending $120 BILLION to their struggling families back home | Mail Online

Amid U.S. unemployment crisis, illegal aliens sending even more money to Mexico - National Immigration Reform | Examiner.com

Thank you for that. Having read the links, however, they don't synch with the poster/picture.

Your first link has the following ad blinking away at the top of the page:



. . . and the reporting just goes downhill from there

Your second link firmly establishes that Mexico receives 24 billion in remissions but it doesn't separate from whom it receives these funds.
Mexico lies behind India, China and the Philippines in terms of remissions . . . and US remissions from Mexico account for 5 billion, so if we deduct that from the funds heading to Mexico then Mexico lies far back as a net receipient

The third link states:

The recent figures are further evidence, that as U.S. workers are being left out of the job market in increasing numbers, illegal aliens are taking the place of their American counterparts.

This has t do with American employers who hire them, surely, and says nothing about welfare payments.

The article also refers to 21.2 billion in remissions to Mexico


Basically the poster/picture/meme is completely inaccurate and misleading