June 16, 2009, - 11:34 am
“The Work Americans Won’t Do”: Children of L.A. Illegal Aliens Cost $44 Milln Welfare Per Month
By Debbie Schlussel
For years, you’ve been told about how illegal aliens are doing “the Work Americans Won’t Do.” You’ve been told that if we enforce the borders and send them home, lettuce will cost $10 a head.
Well, you’re already paying far more than $10 a head, and you’re not even getting the lettuce.
Figures from the Department of Public Social Services show that children of illegal aliens in Los Angeles County collected more than $21 million in welfare and more than $22 million in food stamps in March 2009 — an increase of $1 million from the previous month, according to a news release from Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.
Annually the cost of illegal immigration to Los Angeles County taxpayers exceeds one billion dollars, which includes $220 million for public safety, $400 million for healthcare, and $500 million in welfare and food stamps allocations, according to the news release.
Twenty-four percent of the county’s total allotment of welfare and food stamp benefits goes directly to the children of illegal aliens born in the United States, according to Antonovich’s statement.
“Illegal immigration continues to have a devastating impact on Los Angeles County taxpayers,” Antonovich said in the statement. “The total cost for illegal immigrants to county taxpayers exceeds $1 billion a year – not including the millions of dollars for education.”
So, how’s that billion dollar lettuce workin’ for ya?
It’s easy to engage in hyperbole about $10 per head lettuce, when you’re a politician hiding billions in lettuce in a budget that taxpayers can’t see.
Kudos for Antonovich, the lone voice of reason on Lalaland. He knows his votes don’t come from the Hollywood Hills or South Central. And, unlike the rest of the GOP, he doesn’t pander to them.
Illegal aliens are a financial burden to the country and especially to the states which are mostly responsible for those financial burdens. I agree with President Obama on most issues but this is one where he’s really dropped the ball.
Norman Blitzer on June 16, 2009 at 12:14 pm