Immigration laws impact Oregonians

Study flawed, critics say
An estimated 150,000 illegal immigrants live in Oregon, according to the 2005 Pew Hispanic Center study.
Washington has between 200,000 and 250,000 illegal immigrants, and Idaho has about 20,000 to 35,000. California has about 2.4 million illegal immigrants, the most in the United States.
Jim Ludwick, with Oregonians for Immigration Reform, said Jaeger's study was flawed because it didn't include how much illegal immigrants cost taxpayers for public services such as education, health care and prison.
"The cost of illegal immigration far exceeds anything you get back in taxes," Ludwick said.
The cost to taxpayers for undocumented immigrants can vary from state to state, according to a 2007 Congressional Budget Office analysis.
According to the analysis, it costs Colorado between $217 million and $225 million for education, Medicaid and corrections for undocumented immigrants, while they contribute between $159 million and $194 million in taxes annually. But in Texas, the state collected $424 million more in revenue from "unauthorized immigrants" than it spent on education, health care and law enforcement in 2006.
Ludwick said a no-match rule would improve Oregon's economy in the long run by forcing employers to raise wages and mechanize.
Without taking a position on the no-match rule, Stone said the Oregon coalition would like to see the government address immigration rules to address border security and access to a legal, willing work force.
"Right now, all that we're getting from the administration is the enforcement side, not the supply side," Stone said.
Jaeger acknowledged that his estimates of the impact on Oregon's economy are higher than in other studies. But he said those studies looked only at the loss of tax revenue paid by undocumented workers, not the potential loss of additional jobs and other economic impacts.
Interpreting findings
Mike Leachman, a policy analyst with the Oregon Center for Public Policy, a nonpartisan think tank, said the study's findings fall in line with what he knows of the issue at the national level. He said it illustrates that federal enforcement alone won't solve the issue of undocumented immigrants.
"It adds an important piece to the debate here, a piece that has been missing," said Leachman, who conducted a 2007 study estimating that undocumented immigrants contribute between $136 million and $187 million in taxes annually. "It's not just what the impact on the economy is, although that's really important, but also the impact on our state revenues."
Oregon labor economist Art Ayre said that if all states had similar job losses, Oregon wouldn't be competing just with other states for revenue and business.
"It might be a U.S. versus foreign country issue rather than Oregon versus other states," Ayre said. He said additional ripple effects would include housing and demand for public goods and services.

We currently have and have always had programs for migrants to legally enter and work in the USA! These programs had worked perfectly for 50+ years for all parties involved. The corruption began when illegal aliens decided to enter and illegally immigrate anytime, anywhere, and anyhow they wanted. And once they became available to illegally work at depressed wages they began a process of driving down our ways of life here in the US. Factor in traitorous profiteers and the assault on the Amercan citizen became organized. Until we are where we are today.
The remedy is to deport all illegal aliens, charge anyone guilty of taking profits from the illegals and sentence them to real jail/prison terms, and enforce all the laws we currently have. That will put the migrants back in the fields where they belong! Not driving through my town shooting out their windows or taxing me for their upkeep!

The only thing I am reading about shutting down is the Spanish radio stations, stores that cater to the Hispanic clients, businesses that hire "ILLEGAL ALIENS". The banks that cater to "ILLEGAL ALIENS" are losing their butts too. Let them keep shutting down.