DOES CURRENT FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICY PUT A DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN ON CERTAIN STATES?
Immigration law is of course a national policy. But the burden is grossly unfair at the state level. Three states–California, Texas, and Florida–probably absorb as much of the impact of immigration as the other forty-seven states combined. These calculations cannot be precise because they include an uncounted illegal presence. But these three states have since 1980 absorbed nearly half of the nation’s total flow of legal immigrants. Resistance to immigration in these states, understandably, is mounting. Soon after California officials estimated that the state was paying more than $1 billion per year for medical care for illegal immigrants, the state’s citizens approved Proposition 187, a sweeping ban on service for illegals. California has filed a $10 billion suit against the federal government for costs associated with the federal government’s failure to patrol the borders and enforce its immigration policy. School districts in California, Texas, and Florida spend large sums to teac
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