Stafford Co. Studies Costs of Illegal Immigration
posted 11:44 am Wed September 05, 2007 - Stafford, VA
L. Mark Dudenhefer, vice chairman of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors, said he wants the task force to take a "methodical, logical and humane" look at illegal immigration.
Supervisor Pete Fields cast the lone dissenting vote Tuesday, and also opposed the board's declaration of English as the county's official language.
Fields said the measures create fear among legal immigrants and undocumented ones and unfairly target primarily Hispanic residents.
Resident Christine Wedding told supervisors she is concerned about illegal immigrants.
"Everywhere you go, everything you go to do, there's hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of illegal immigrants," she said. "Now I don't care about them going to Wal-Mart, shopping, stuff like that. But I do care when it comes to time to divvy up the state money. We need to help our own family, our own children, our own people."
The Stafford Board of Supervisors' approval of the group's charter came a few days after three top-ranking officials made joking remarks about a 10-foot-tall fence and a concentration camp during a subcommittee meeting to formulate the task force's mission.
Stafford supervisors set an April 1 deadline for the task force to issue a report.
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Information from: Richmond Times-Dispatch,
Latest Comment on Stafford Co. Studies Costs of Illegal Immigration
Winstrv
12:17 am on 09/07/07
I don't understand Fields' concern. If you are here legally, you have nothing to fear. The cost of providing services to illegals is being borne by the taxpayers and I'll bet it is significant. I know there will be some who will say that illegals are paying taxes also. That is true only when they buy something. I think you will find that they are not paying their fair share of federal and state taxes. Most of the money these folks are being paid goes to their relatives in whatever country they came from. It is unfair to us taxpayers who have our taxes increased to pay for their services. If they want services, let them pay up front for the service. They need to go back to their countries and change their government if they are not getting what they need.
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