Islam in Europe: perception and reality

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Problem is with illegal immigration, they skip all that, don't pay anything to get in, and instead just come in undercut citizens for cheap labor and create disorder in economies. Yes they are human beings who really just desire a better life, but there needs to be some order to the situation.

Wrong as most of the time. Just one of many articles about what illegals contribute to the economy. A quick google reveals many more on it. It just so happens, I just recently browsed for information on the often repeated bullshit of illegals contributing nothing.

 Altogether, according to the state and local tax data analysis—published by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP)—undocumented immigrants contribute about $11.6 billion to the economy annually, including nearly $7 billion in sales and excise taxes and $3.6 billion in property taxes. They are, in economic terms, productive citizens, and pay a higher effective tax rate than the top 1 percent income bracket. That alone is not the primary reason they should be embraced as neighbors and coworkers. But it dissolves the myth that immigrants do nothing but drain public coffers.

http://www.thenation.com/article/undocum...each-year/

Also, we're not talking about illegal immigration but about people seeking asylum after fleeing a war zone and/or fearing for their lives. Different international laws apply in these instances.