More mainstream media whitewash on illegal immigration.

Sebastian Mallaby has an op-ed piece in today's Washington Post which tries to Whitewash and ignore the problems with illegal immigration. Here are some of the money quotes:

"People accuse immigrants of gang violence, drunken driving and a general contempt for the law. But in 2000 the incarceration rate for immigrants was just one-fifth the rate for the population as a whole, according to Kristin Butcher of the Federal Reserve and Anne Morrison Piehl of Rutgers University."

The key word Mr. Mallaby is "incarceration" because many of the illegals who commit crimes are not caught. They have no ties to the communities. They flee to other areas or back to their home countries. Maybe he should look at the outstanding warrents for the police in Los Angeles and see who they are issued to.

"People say that immigrants burden social services while not paying taxes. Actually, undocumented immigrants are ineligible for welfare, food stamps and Medicaid; and although they do use hospital emergency rooms and schools,

Hmm, what is the biggest tax burden to middle class families Mr. Mallaby? Give up? School Taxes! Nice that you dismiss so easily this burden on middle class taxpayers. Not to mention that as families struggle to get and pay medical insurance, illegals just wander in to the nearest hospital for their medical care.

"they also pay sales taxes and payroll taxes, and one in three pays income tax."

It would be nice if the Federal Government would only require U.S. taxpayers to pay every one in three years. But, I guess it's commendable that the illegals pay sales tax on the beer the buy before they get behind the wheel of the car that is if they don't kill any more innocent Americans when they get drunk.

The net result is that immigrants cost the average native U.S. household an extra $200 in taxes each year, according to a study of 1996 data."

I would love to see the politician who votes for an amnesty bill for illegals and then goes back to his constituents and says hey it's only costing you taxpayers $200 per year to keep these illegals in your community.

I could go on about Mallaby's op-ed nonsense about the joys illegal immigrantion but, I have to go to work. Because unlike the illegals I'm not the one in three people who do not pay taxes.