We have no problem asking local agencies to help in Federal manhunts for murderers and terrorists. We even have no problem with deputy and police enforcing Federal laws against cigarette sales to minors. Yet when the issue of immigration enforcement arises. so do the squeals that immigration is a Federal responsibility and should not be pushed off on the States. They are right. It is a Federal responsibility. The problem is that the Federal Government is not taking their responsibility very serious. Mr. Speaker. the catastrophe of illegal immigration has already been pushed off on the States by the Federal Government flatly refusing to do its duty of enforcing the law. Our police and deputies spend billions combating illegal immigrant crime. including organized foreign gangs. This could have been prevented by vigorous Federal enforcement at the border. Our local jails are full of criminal illegal aliens. costing the States billions per year. This could have been prevented by vigorous Federal enforcement at the border. Our local hospital emergency rooms are full of indigent illegal aliens who drive up the cost of health care to a point that hardworking Americans can basically no longer afford it. This could have been prevented by vigorous Federal enforcement at the border. Our local schools are filled with children of illegal immigrants who pay little or no local taxes. but drive up property taxes for hardworking American families to cover the skyrocketing costs of bilingual and special education. This could have been prevented by vigorous Federal enforcement at our borders. Our police routinely find illegals. including those with criminal records.
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Illegal immigrants are associated with crime, straining public resources (jails, hospitals, schools), and driving up costs for American citizens.