Bear Stearns estimates that are there are between 15 and 20 million illegals now in our country. By the way. one area I might disagree a little bit with my friend. although it is really not a disagreement. it is just not the border. Of the 15 to 20 million illegals. 4 to 5 million of them are visa overstayers. people who have come into our country on a visa and just overstayed their visa and melded right into the population. Many. many are from Mainland China. for example. And the decision of not having a visa system in which we check to see if anybody returns once they have come to the United States has been a conscious decision. We are not going to correct this problem. Well. my own subcommittee held a hearing on that. and it was demonstrable that over the last two decades we have had a huge influx of people just overstaying their visa and becoming illegally part of our country. The downside of all of this. 15 to 20 million illegals in our country. is becoming increasingly evident. In education we hear about overcrowding and the declining quality of our schools. The States are spending $7.4 billion annually to provide K through 12 education to people who arent supposed to be here in the first place. Without school age illegal immigrants or the children of illegal immigrants. school enrollment would not have risen at all during the past decade. So when you hear about overcrowding or the decline of our education. that is where it starts. Our limited education dollars are being expended not for our childrens benefit. but for children of foreigners who have come here illegally.
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