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June 12, 2009 Only a Third of Southern Border Under Effective Control According to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) only about 700 miles of the 2,000-mile long southern border are under effective control, including 627 miles where the agency has installed fencing. Acting CBP Commissioner Jayson Ahern made the announcement during a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism Thursday. Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.), ranking member of the subcommittee, expressed concern that progress would not satisfy Congress when it came time to debate an immigration reform package in the next year or two. Get the whole story from HSToday.com.
Health Coverage for Illegals is Dealbreaker for Majority of Voters Eighty percent (80%) of U.S. voters oppose providing government health care coverage for illegal immigrants as part of the health care reform package that is working its way through Congress. But, as is often the case, there's a wide division between Mainstream America and the Political Class on this question. The Political Class is evenly divided on the question of a universal health care plan that includes coverage for illegal immigrants. Those with populist or Mainstream views are overwhelmingly opposed. See the results of this poll at RasmussenReports.com.
Illegal Immigration Cost VA Taxpayers $1.7 Billion Numbering nearly 300,000, a number that has tripled since 2000, Virginia's illegal alien population represents a major burden on the state's taxpayers and on the state budget. FAIR's research team's latest cost study estimates that Virginia's illegal immigrant population costs the state's taxpayers nearly $1.7 billion per year for education, medical care and incarceration. The annual fiscal burden amounts to about $625 per Virginia household headed by a native-born resident. Click here to get all the details about our latest cost study. Why is this important? The numbers tell the story, and illegal immigration has been a growing problem for the state of Virginia. In 2009 Virginians will head to the polls to choose a new governor and it is time that candidates for this office address this issue.
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