Christina Clerk
Miles Brooke
Blake Weiser
Common Misconceptions
“Myths”
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Steal jobs from American workers
Collect an excess of government benefits
In general, represent a drain in the economy
What do Illegal Immigrants work as?
Pros
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Create new jobs by forming new businesses
Take low-paying jobs
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Example: Food service and hotel cleaning
Spend their income on American goods and
services
Pay taxes
Raise productivity of U.S. businesses
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Cheaper prices, better quality products, higher
profits
Cons
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Lack of money to fund public school
programs
More competition for jobs
Health Care problems
Anchor babies
Crime
Interesting
Pictures
The Basics about Arizona SB 1070
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Original law was passed on April 23, 2010
law was modified by Arizona House Bill 2162
(April 30, 2010)
60% of Americans agree with the bill
How the Bill Affects the Arizona
Economy
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Could cost the city of Phoenix $90 million in
convention and hotel business in the next 5
years.
Will affect Mexican tourism to the United
States.
Boycotts
Reasons For the Bill
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Immigrations laws aren’t enforced and the bill
will help
Reasons Against the Bill
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Drugs are a bigger problem
People believe that it is racial profiling
Obama doesn’t like the bill
How Immigration Affects Florida
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According to Numbers USA,
a new
Zogby International poll
shows that Florida voters
think that illegal
immigration is hurting the
Sunshine State by an
overwhelming margin.
Florida’s Taxes
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Florida’s
illegal immigrant population,
in 2008, cost state taxpayers
more than $3.8 billion
per year.
Costs each Florida household
headed by a native-born
resident $678.
Education
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FLORIDIANS SPEND NEARLY $2.9 BILLION
ANNUALLY ON EDUCATION FOR ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANT CHILDREN AND FOR THEIR U.S.BORN SIBLINGS.
Healthcare
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Taxpayers pay more than $290 million a year for health care provided to
the state’s illegal alien population.
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People can not be turned away from America’s emergency rooms.
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Hospital Story: IN 2001, WE HAD A GUATEMALAN, AN
ILLEGAL PATIENT IN OUR HOSPITAL. HE WAS THERE FROM
2001 AND UNTIL 2003. HE HAD OVER $1.5 MILLION IN HEALTH
CARE SERVICES. WE FORCIBLY RETURNED HIM
TO HIS HOME COUNTRY OF GUATEMALA AT OUR OWN COST
OF $30,000. YOU ASK, WHY AM I TELLING YOU ABOUT A CASE
THAT HAPPENED IN 2003?
BECAUSE, TODAY THAT CASE IS NOT OVER. WE ARE
SPENDING UP TO A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS IN
LEGAL FEES BECAUSE HIS FAMILY HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES IS SUING US BECAUSE
THEY THINK IT AS INAPPROPRIATE FOR US TO RETURN THIS
ILLEGAL PATIENT TO HIS
HOME COUNTRY.
Incarceration
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The cost of incarcerating illegal aliens in Florida’s state
and county prisons amounts to nearly $90 million a year
Deportation of illegal immigrants in Florida back to Latin
America amounted to nearly $3.1 billion in 2006.
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