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To: LindyBill who wrote (64372)	8/26/2004 8:12:47 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

wonder where the republican convention comes out on illegal immigration.

To: LindyBill who wrote (64372)	8/26/2004 8:14:06 AM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

Illegal Immigration Costing U.S. Taxpayers Is this news ? It has been well known for many years.

To: LindyBill who wrote (64372)	8/26/2004 12:50:21 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793955

Yes, I saw the article in yesterday's Tacoma News Tribune... $10 BILLION MORE spent on this group than is collected from them. MORE is the operative word, as the overall number spent is so large.... The article said illegals paid $16 Billion in Federal Taxes, but the cost estimate was $26 BILLION in Medicaid, free lunches, food stamps, etc. The article cited two web sites: www.cis.org - Control Immigration Studies and www.cato.org And this number doesn't count the cost of trying to keep illegals from coming into the country. And doesn't count the cost of immigration workers trying to ascertain passports, ec....