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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is significant cost to school systems for the extra seats, plus extra ESL and other services.[/quote]

In NYC in the early 20th century a huge percentage of public school children were immigrants or children of immigrants from many different countries. Of course, back then they lumped them all together so it was a real sink or swim situation, and society's educational standards were not what they are now (kids could leave school after 8th grade and get jobs).

But that would be a consideration--educational system challenges due to language. But we need children for future workforce. And as for healthcare, the rest of our healthcare system is not something to brag about in terms of accessibility or outcomes. And this also has to be weighed against the costs of ramped up efforts to secure the border and remove immigrants--not just direct costs for law enforcement, detention facilities, and so on, but the disruption to communities. There's been some studies about long-term negative economic impact in places where major immigration raids have occured in the past, and in California job losses include not just those jobs held by immigrants who have been detailed/deported or afraid to show up to work, but also among citizens.[/quote]

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