We Are a Nation of Immigrants
Either you are dehumanizing immigrants because of their perceived actions and perceived effects on our country, or you are doing so because you are a white supremacist. These are the only two choices. If immigrants are a "drain on all of our resources, hospitals, schools, welfare and judicial system," as Joyce Richlin (a resident of North Towanda, PA) wrote in the Towanda Daily Review on August 10, then she is correct. If they are not a drain, then she and her source, Gayle King, are wrong and must accept the consequent labeling. Documented immigrants pay the same taxes as U.S. citizens. Undocumented immigrants, according to the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and the IRS, paid $26.3 billion in 2015 in income taxes although they aren't eligible for Social Security or Medicare benefits. ITEP also estimated that they paid $11.7 billion is state and local taxes. According to New American Economy (NME), undocumented immigrants in 2016 contributed between $12