Who gets hurt? Is Illegal Immigration a victimless crime?
This is Part III of a four-part series on the victims of illegal immigration. San Diego, CA —In Parts I & II of this series we have established that crossing our borders illegally, is in fact a crime according to US Code Title 8 Section 1325. Additionally, I addressed the issues of illegal immigration crime and its impact on the community, including how immigrant on immigrant crime is violent and often unreported. How does this crime of crossing our borders illegally affect the economy, the American worker and the taxpayer during good times and bad? Well, during good times the impact is still there, we just do not notice it as much, which is precisely how, given the economic boom over the last seven years or so, the impact has gone somewhat unnoticed and has spiraled out of control. For verification one only need to look at the fiscal condition of California. As the economy began to seriously falter in 2008, warning bells went off and the impact on the American worker became more and
