Illegal Poverty

Illegal migrants raise children in poverty: U.S. study

Sometimes, I'm amazed at what obvious things these studies discover. I mean, seriously, just take a second to think of the micro- economics of "Illegal" life:

[Minimum wage jobs (or less) ] divided by [rent, food,gas/bus fare, occasional gift for kids, cost of medicine w/o insurance, money sent back "home", emergencies] = POVERTY

The next "find" from the study is equally illuminating:

It found that a third of the children of unauthorized immigrants and a fifth of adult unauthorized immigrants live in poverty -- nearly double the poverty rate for children of U.S.-born parents.

Really?

I can just hear the new anti-immigration talking point:

"these 'Illegals' are forcing our citizens to live in poverty! just look at their kids!"


Here's the article:

Illegal migrants raise children in poverty: U.S. study