Unintended Consequences

The Congress of the United States has begun debating "Immigration Reform". The House wants to enforce the laws on the books currently,and generally make an effort to stop illegal immigration, but the Senate and the President seem Hell bent on an "amnesty" plan with a number of so called "requirements that must be adhered to by the illegals presently here and those which continue to flow over our borders at an even greater rate then the estimated 1300 per day that are now illegally entering border states with Mexico.
Even though a large portion of legal Americans,probably a majority, oppose any attempt to not enforce our immigration laws. It would seem democrats and liberal Republicans, including unfortunately President Bush, want to pass a bill which would reward all those who are here illegally, yes broke the law, with a program that essentially leads to legal status.
Lets take a moment to review a few facts. Princeton University professors have estimated that 66% of all illegals pay social security taxes, and 62% pay income taxes. This leaves 34% that pay no taxes, but they all are permitted by law to obtain emergency care in our hospitals. They are also allowed by law to send there children to our public schools, which in most cases have to provide ,at tax payers expense, bi-lingual teachers. The prisons in this country are already overcrowded,and more illegals entering our Country will undoubtedly have a percentage of criminals. The unmentioned consequences of all this "immigration reform" is the continued growth of government. The more people you allow into our country with any form of "Worker Program". The more people the tax payers will have to pay for monitoring compliance with the many requirements of the program. Of course the Democrats love this, because the large base of unemployed, government employed (and there will be many more}, teachers union and the 12 million illegals will vote democratic.
It would not surprise me if this issue doesn't allow the democrats to regain control of the House and Senate in the next mid-term elections. And the real catastrophe will be if the Republican and Southern conservatives stay home in the 2008 elections, and Hillary makes it to the seat in the oval office!