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Since mercenary lawyers hold atty client privilege we'll never see that FB's own lawyers sternly objected to these new laws. They warned that they would lead to a cascade of law suits. To avoid conflict of interest, these lawyers refused to defend FB in court.

The FB mayor has been playing the basest political games, and in the name of conservative values has relegated the legacy costs of his stupid political agenda on this small hamlet for decades.

Numerous legal eagles have stated the laws would be challanged in court. It's a no brainer. FB's mayor may or may not had been warned by city attorneys but plenty of folks knew it would happen. Last week I heard FB was spending a lot more than it could handle and was quickly amassing huge legal bills. Sooooooooo...good luck with all that.

The jr. partner for Boyle and Lowry formally stated as much on NPR. Boyle and Lowry did indeed advise FB on this among many issues. As I understand it, this relationship continues.

Defending illegal immigrants is very fashionable these days, but these same defenders tend to look the other way when faced with the economic impact, and that's something I don't understand. Bottom line - this is YOUR money. The report below was written by the Center for Immigration Studies in 2002. It's worth reading.

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Households headed by illegal aliens imposed more than $26.3 billion in costs on the federal government in 2002 and paid only $16 billion in taxes, creating a net fiscal deficit of almost $10.4 billion, or $2,700 per illegal household.

Among the largest costs are Medicaid ($2.5 billion); treatment for the uninsured ($2.2 billion); food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches ($1.9 billion); the federal prison and court systems ($1.6 billion); and federal aid to schools ($1.4 billion).

With nearly two-thirds of illegal aliens lacking a high school degree, the primary reason they create a fiscal deficit is their low education levels and resulting low incomes and tax payments, not their legal status or heavy use of most social services.

On average, the costs that illegal households impose on federal coffers are less than half that of other households, but their tax payments are only one-fourth that of other households.

Many of the costs associated with illegals are due to their American-born children, who are awarded U.S. citizenship at birth. Thus, greater efforts at barring illegals from federal programs will not reduce costs because their citizen children can continue to access them.

If illegal aliens were given amnesty and began to pay taxes and use services like households headed by legal immigrants with the same education levels, the estimated annual net fiscal deficit would increase from $2,700 per household to nearly $7,700, for a total net cost of $29 billion.

Costs increase dramatically because unskilled immigrants with legal status -- what most illegal aliens would become -- can access government programs, but still tend to make very modest tax payments.

Although legalization would increase average tax payments by 77 percent, average costs would rise by 118 percent.

The fact that legal immigrants with few years of schooling are a large fiscal drain does not mean that legal immigrants overall are a net drain -- many legal immigrants are highly skilled.

The vast majority of illegals hold jobs. Thus the fiscal deficit they create for the federal government is not the result of an unwillingness to work.

The results of this study are consistent with a 1997 study by the National Research Council, which also found that immigrants' education level is a key determinant of their fiscal impact.

David says:
As usual, the assholes who can't justify their support of illegals try to change the subject by whining about the legal bills that are caused by the illegals they support.....good luck with all that.
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I may be one of the "assholes" you speak of David, I don't know since you didn't have the balls to direct it towards anybody. And as par for someone of your intellect you make an assertion that is wrong. I don't support illegal immigration and I don't support a mayor stupid enough to put the financial stability of the city he is governing in jeopardy in this economic climate. Who do you think is going to pay those bills? You if you live in FB its going to be YOU, not the illegals. So what the Mayor of FB is basically doing is just adding on the cost of having illegals in his town. Real smart. He should run for Congress.

"I may be one of the "assholes" you speak of David, I don't know since you didn't have the balls to direct it towards anybody."

It's pretty obvious you're one of the assholes i was referring to since i mocked your comment, you're just too ignorant to recognize that. And your second comment is just more of the same whining about the legal bills. Funny how people like you are always claiming not to support illegals, but you never want to do anything about them and constantly complain about the people who do try and do something about them.

Ok David. do something for me. Tell me what should be done about the illegals in FB? Or in general?

Or better yet, how is the city going to pay? You seem to think the legal bills the city is accumulating is OK. Am I right? I am also assuming you are a Conservative and as a true Conservative you don't like Gov't spending/Taxes. So again, please explain.............how will those bills be paid?

Gee, Toots, i wonder why you keep trying to make this about the legal bills? Oh that's right, because it's a shell game and here's how it works in three easy steps -

1) Supporters of illegal immigrants do everything they can to keep the borders open and allow people to enter this country illegally

2) Once the illegals are here, scum like Bill Brewer defend them for free, driving up the legal bills of legal residents

3) Illegal supporters then whine that the cost of dealing with illegals is too much, so illegals get to stay here and the shell game is complete.

David, who supported this? I do think much of this is inevitable but I deny your first premise.

1) Supporters of illegal immigrants do everything they can to keep the borders open and allow people to enter this country illegally

You should be giddy now, since the economy is tanking, illegals are going back to Mexico. Of course we could end this stupid drug war which is devastating Mexico as we speak.

I'm sorry, but I believe all people are endowed by their creator with certain, I dunno, call 'em, Inalienable rights. Extending/Defending those rights to non-papered immigrants is admirable in my mind. I'm sorry you have such contempt for these people you'd call their defenders "scum." But hey, I appreciate your honesty.

Now will you answer my questions, David? Tell me what should be done about the illegals in FB? Or in general? Or better yet, how is the city going to pay? You seem to think the legal bills the city is accumulating is OK. Am I right?

Thank you, Randy.

Randy's right of course, the problem is the laws requiring employment verification were enacted with the '86 immigration act if i remember right. They weren't enforced then and i don't see many people at the federal or state level going out of their way to enforce it now.

If no one at the federal or state level will do anything about illegal immigration, it's left up to cities like Farmers Branch to take care of the problem themselves. Which brings us full circle to the shell game illegal supporters and lawyers like Bill Brewer play.

So Randy, the vast numbers of people who have Mexicans mowing their yards, cleaning their houses, clearing their tables do they all deserve to be locked up? Should we have a massive police presence? Randy, who mows your yard?

Anonymous: As a matter fact of fact, I mow my own yard. Frankly, I need the exercise unlike the rest of my neighbors (who get their exercise golfing). As a teenager, I made money mowing my neighbors' yards, delivering papers, washing cars and cleaning out garages when I was too young to get any other job. I couldn't get a real job until I turned fifteen. Now our yards are mowed by dozens of illegal immigrants hauled around in the beds of pick-up trucks. Is this progress? Do you enjoy seeing the poor and uneducated from countless other countries doing menial labor while our youth sit at home with their playstations? Does that look healthy to you? Is that anyway to instill a work ethic in our society? I think any law worth enacting is worth enforcing because otherwise, what's the point?

Anonymous (aka Scott): I can't offer any advice for your landscaping business. When I was growing up in the Dallas during the 1970's, everybody in my neighborhood did their own lawns. I can't explain how or why society has changed or whether playstations will doom western civilisation. I've got a neighbor who has a tree pruning business that appears to employ illegals. I've often wondered what it must be like to run a business that couldn't operate inside the law.

On the other hand, I'm gainfully employed as a mechanical engineer for a local company that employs legal immigrants from many countries including India, Mexico, Germany, Canada, England, Pakistan, China, and South Africa. We can't hire people who do not have papers because our human resources department follows all federal employment laws.

Protecting Farmers Branch from mexkins....is like putting a fence around a cemetary.

Then you don't need to worry about it do you, you worthless piece of shit. Just go to your obama house party and pretend like you don't support government sanctioned discrimination against whites and you don't preach hatred against Christians and revel in your self delusion, fuckwit.

I am so sorry that some lawyers, like you, seem to be out for the almight dollar. I can't believe you are supporting the illegal immigrants and at the same time saying that soon the majority of the people are of hispanic origin. I have a hispanic dtr-n-law, she and all the family have worked hard, does not feel the gov. owes them anything These people should be a citizen of the US, learn english and pay taxes like all americans are required to do. While you are getting a large amount to represent these people, I hope you will think of my children who can hardy make ends meet, have to pay highly for their insurance, because they are AMERICAN and get free medical as the illegals, and by the way as senior adults, we have to pay dearly for a supplement to our medicare. I will pray for you to have a change of heart. Dorthy a US CITIZEN.