Farmers Branch News and Info

Monday, April 7, 2008

Read This: It's Working in the State of Arizona

Read this article. Notice that even though the naysayers cry that the State's economy is negatively affected, the overall impact has been overwhelmingly positive. A couple of highlights:

Pearce says the overall effect has been undeniably positive for Arizona. "Smaller class sizes, shorter emergency room waits," he said. "Even if [illegal immigrants] are paying taxes -- and most of them aren't -- the cost to taxpayers is huge."

"What I love about what Arizona is doing is we don't have to rely on the federal government," said state Rep. Russell Pearce, a Mesa Republican who has authored most of the toughest measures. "It has truly woken up the rest of America that states can fix that problem."

The campaign has had an effect: Illegal immigrants complain it's impossible to find good work and are leaving the state.

by Tim Scott, City Council, Place 1 at 9:00 AM |