Biting the hand of illegal immigration.

There was an article yesterday in the Washington Post by Blaine Harden which was about that sometime next week the population of the Umited States would reach 300 million. The headline says it all:
"America's Population Set to Top 300 MillionImmigration Fuels Much of Growth"

Some of the more interesting quotes:

"Hispanics from Latin America, by far the largest share of recent immigrants, are driving the natural increase here. On average, Hispanic women have one more child than non-Hispanic white women."

Which of course means more more education costs for middle class taxpayers. Here in New York State those costs are already costing taxpayers BILLIONS as this report shows:

"Based on estimates of the illegal immigrant population in New York and documented costs of K-12 schooling, New Yorkers spend more than $4.3 billion annually on education for the children of illegal immigrants. This estimate does not include programs for limited English students, remedial educational programs or breakfast and lunch programs available to students from low-income families. An estimated 11.7 percent of the K-12 public school students in New York are children of illegal aliens. "

Also in the article there is a lot of sugar coating and some very BIG if's. Here are some examples:

"So many middle-aged baby boomers who oppose immigration may be biting the hand that could feed them," Frey said.

May be? Hardly sounds like strong evidence for looking the other way on illegal immigration as so many in Washington are doing these days.

Here is another BIG IF quote buried in back of the article:

"This assumes, though, that immigrant children, especially Hispanics and blacks, will be educated well enough in American schools to find competitive jobs in the global economy."

and then there is this little hedge quote:

Hispanic and black children are between three and four times as likely to live in poverty as whites, so their growing numbers may not translate into growing national wealth. In addition, the divide between aging baby boomers in retirement and the younger workers who are supporting them with payroll taxes will have a racial, as well as a generational, dimension.
"Unless we can reduce age, racial and ethnic disparities in poverty," Jacobsen warns, "children from minority groups may be less able and less willing, as they grow up, to support the predominantly white elderly population."

Translation: Contrary to the the BS that George Bush, Ted Kennedy, John McCain and others who wave the pro-illegal immigrant banner are putting out. It looks like a net loss for U.S. taxpayers now and in the long run.