text: do you know what it is exactly illegal aliens contribute to the american economy are they a drain on our socia social services?  here is a compiled list of what illegal aliens contribute, is anything missing?   they contribute to a declining economy.   they contribute to lowering of our education.  they also contribute to increasing lawlessness and declining social culture.   they contribute to closing of hospitals and breaking the budget on social services.  they contribute to bringing third world diseases into the country along with drugs and slave labor.  in fact if there is anything negative in an immigrant population the illegal aliens excel at it. illegal immigration  cuts into the wages of american workers  to the tune of some $ 200 billion (with a "b") annually   according to rep. tom tancredo (r-colo.),  who is head of the congressional immigration reform caucus,  "massive immigration of low-skilled, low-wage workers depresses wage rates  for people who are at the low economic end of the scale.  the overall effect will be the decline of the living standard  of every american, or most americans."   according to tnrip, the financial cost  of this foreign invasion to u.s. taxpayers is staggering!  here is a break down of the annual costs:  education: $22.5 billion  bi-lingual education: $3.3 billion  afdc: $2.4 billion  ssi: $2.9 billion  social security: $24.8 billion  housing assistance: $2.6 billion  criminal justice: $2.6 billion  jobs lost by americans: $10.8 billion  other programs: $51.4 billion  food stamps: $7 billion  health care: $1.4 billion   (that totals $131.7 billion annually folks)  http://prisonplanet.com/articles/april2006/050406_b_immigration.htm   this estimate does not include  the some $39 billion (again with a "b")  untaxed us dollars exported annually  in the form of remittances   ($39 billion is exported annually to mexico alone billions of more us dollars  are exported to nations otm  by illegal aliens to their families at home)   illegal aliens of any race / nationality  also contribute to the high cost of health care  because they have no insurance  and its you the taxpayer that supports the system  that governs the health, education, and welfare  that many illegal aliens take advantage of  (this is a major contribution to your  extremely high health insurance rates folks)  we the people should not be made to support    illegal aliens of any race / nationality  are a burden to our (american) education system  by overcrowding classrooms  and making it virtually impossible for (underpaid) teachers  to give the neccessary time and attention  to the individual students   millions of law abiding us citizens  understand what is at stake,  and wonder what our response should be  to sedition, intimidation and acts of defiance  against our republic and our ordered liberty.    the human cost  http://www.immigrationshumancost.org/