WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRANTS ON SOCIAL, HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES?
*Immigrant workers are not getting a free ride. Like other workers, most immigrants paythe same federal, state and local taxes which finance our schools and health clinics. *Immigrant workers alongside their native-born co-workers generate fortunes for their employers in industries such as agribusiness, meat cutting, hotels, restaurants and construction. However, Republican administrations since Reagan have given the super rich huge tax cuts. If these were rolled back, there would be enough money to finance needed services for everybody, immigrant and US born. *There is no evidence that new immigrants pose a public health danger to their neighbors. Indeed, studies show that they are on the whole healthier than comparable sectors of the US born population. DO IMMIGRANTS THREATEN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND AMERICAN CULTURE? *There have always been other languages spoken alongside English in the United States, including Native American (Indian) languages, Spanish in the Southwest and Florid
