Rita Bonilla

One of the questions most commonly asked regarding the illegal immigration 
issue and which most Americans cannot answer is: “What would you do with the 
'12,000,000' illegal aliens in the U.S. after securing the Border(s)?”
First of all, we MUST remove the incentives that draw these illegal masses 
here in the first place.   If we enforce our immigration laws and remove 
their access to jobs and social benefits, we will see a tremendous drop in the 
number of illegal aliens crossing our border(s). There will be no reason for 
them to come!
Now, as to what to do with the “12,000,000” illegal aliens already here? 
(I, myself, would put the number of illegals here at well over 25 million). I 
believe the answer is ATTRITION THROUGH ENFORCEMENT!
By ENFORCING our laws which are already “on the books,” such as E-Verify 
(E-Verify is an Internet-based system that allows businesses to determine the 
eligibility of their employees to work in the United States) and Employer 
Sanctions (signed into law by President Reagan, employer sanctions were 
enacted to protect jobs for U.S. citizens by punishing employers with a fine for “
knowingly” hiring undocumented workers), we could deter the temptation of 
employers to hire illegal aliens in the first place.
The number one incentive, as we all well know, that brings illegal aliens 
to the U.S. is jobs, jobs and more jobs. If this country would enforce its 
laws, and the illegal alien population knew they would be unable to gain 
employment in this country, they would probably not come here in the first place.
The fact is that if illegal aliens know they cannot get a job in the United 
States and they cannot obtain all the “social services” (handouts at U.S. 
taxpayer expense) that they now have free access to, they would not come 
here illegally. If those illegal aliens here already cannot get jobs and social 
services, they will self-deport!
The fact that illegal aliens are able to obtain all manner of social 
services with little difficulty is also a tremendous draw or incentive for them to 
come here illegally. 
The majority of these illegal aliens learn very early how to access all the 
social services available to them in this country and they learn how to “
work the system” well.
From food stamps to subsidized housing; free healthcare for themselves and 
their children; free (bilingual) education and school food programs for all 
their children including those they give birth to while in this country 
illegally.   As if that were not enough, the children they bear while here 
illegally are bestowed “birthright citizenship” under our present laws (14th 
Amendment).
Thus, we as a country invite them and in essence tell them “Come; we will 
take care of you!” In fact, in my opinion, they would be fools not to come!
A perfect example of what I have just stated was aired on FOX News on 
August 20, 2010. According to the segment, in 2009 the Pew Hispanic Center 
estimated the number of illegal aliens in the State of Rhode Island to be between 
20,000 and 40,000.
The piece focused on the fact that two Rhode Island State Representatives, 
Peter Palumbo (D) and Joseph Trillo (R), will be meeting with Arizona 
Governor Jan Brewer on September 9th regarding Arizona's Immigration Law SB1070.
State Representatives Palumbo and Trillo have introduced a new bipartisan 
bill in the General Assembly that aims to crack down on illegal immigration 
in Rhode Island.
According to the legislators the cost of the illegal alien population to 
Rhode Island taxpayers is presently $150 to $350 million a year.
Rep. Peter Palumbo stated that Rhode Island has a “unique” policy in that 
not only do they have “anchor babies (a term used to describe a baby born to 
a woman who is in this country illegally), but they have “anchor-embryos.”
He explained that if an illegal alien pregnant woman comes to Rhode Island, 
all she has to do is go to the Department of Human Services and tell them 
that she is an illegal alien and that she is pregnant.
The Department of Human Services will offer her a choice of either Blue 
Cross, United or Neighborhood Health insurance plans.   They will then offer 
her (give her) $450 per month on a debit card to spend as she wishes and will 
also tell her, “...don't spend it on food because we're giving you another 
$275 per month to spend on food.”
Again, in my opinion, they would be fools not to come!   I wonder if Rhode 
Island offers these “incentives” to pregnant American citizens?
Does one even have to wonder why illegal alien masses are flooding across 
our practically open, unsecured borders?   The United States of America is 
just too good to be true; everything is free or so it seems to the illegal 
alien!
In interfacing with illegal aliens in this country over the years, I have 
come to the conclusion that the majority of them have no idea where the money 
comes from to support all the social services and government programs our 
government so freely doles out to them.
On numerous occasions when I have asked illegal aliens, “Who do you think 
pays for all these social services and where do you think the money comes 
from for all these programs?” their answer is usually, “...si, no se preocupe; 
de todos modos el gobierno paga.” (Yeah, don't worry; anyway the government 
pays for it.)
Of course, we all know who is paying-you and I; the American taxpayers. 
According to a 2009 report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform 
(F.A.I.R.) titled “The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Nevadans” 
(www.fairus.org) they estimate the annual fiscal burden on Nevada taxpayers associated 
with illegal immigration to be about $630 million-this equates to an annual 
average cost of about $763 per native-born headed household in the state. In 
addition, according to the report, there is a cost to the state's economy 
resulting from remittances sent out-of-country that amounted to $618 million 
in 2006.
We are paying dearly to support masses of people that have no right to be 
in this country in the first place. WAKE UP AMERICA; WE ARE LOSING OUR 
COUNTRY! 
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
You may contact Rita Bonilla by email at RBonilla@ LasVegasTribune.com.