but I don't see any evidence that an illegal immigrant is necessarily a moocher.
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Jeez.....you can't see any evidence when you keep your eyes closed.
Just take a trip to your local county hospital. They are required to provide care for anyone who comes in regardless of their income (at least in Texas). You will see lots of minimum wage workers racking up 4-figured bills that the patients have no intention of ever paying.
http://www.vdare.com/misc/levin_illegals_in_er.htm
http://www.alipac.us/article158.html
http://www.falange.us/aliens-1.htm
It use to be that illegals just worked hard and were self-sufficient. Now they have dicovered they can milk the USA for "free" health care and other perks. Some cities even allow illegals to vote in LOCAL elections.... Having been a victim of a hit-and-run accident by illegal immigrants, I have little patience with them. My brother-in-law was an illegal immigrant (Brazil). He obtained his citizenship thru his first wife. He became a democrat because he adored Ronald Reagan for giving amnesty to illegal aliens in the 1980s (this is not a mistype [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]). Later he found out Reagan was a Republican. Now he is a Fox News watching republican who thinks Bill O'Reilly is 'god'. When he goes back to Brazil he says he spends half his time arguing with people how Bush and the republicans are great and democrats suck.
I wish the USA would build a "Berlin Wall" from California to Texas. It would cost several billion dollars but the USA all ready spends billions of dollars on schools, medical care, and crime from illegals. When illegals are caught they are giving a summons which are ignored 99% of the time. When they are caught again they are flown back at the expense of the tax payers. A good wall will save a lot of money in flights alone.