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Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 | 12:56 p.m.
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The decrease in the number of people moving to Clark County continues to be evident at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
UNLV researcher Peggy Jackman keeps track of the number of driver licenses that out-of-state motorists surrender when they move to Nevada.
In the first nine months of 2007, 57,563 new Clark County residents had turned in their out-of-state licenses. The corresponding figure for the first nine months of this year was 49,959, a decrease of 7,604.
Though Jackman's license count doesn't capture individuals such as children, the trends that emerge from her reporting are some of the best we have to gauge how many people are moving to Clark County and where they are coming from.
Attached here are charts from Jackman showing the number of out-of-state driver's licenses collected monthly here in Clark County.
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How about some numbers showing how many are moving out?
How many managed to fraudently get drivers licenses, who are not legally in this country? At least 4 states that I know off, have given drivers licenses to illegal aliens no questions asked? How many of these foreign nationals got jobs in Nevada, in the entertainment and service industry?
Incidentally, there is an estimated 37 million, NOT 13 MILLION according to the Tucson sector Border Patrol union local 2544 (with an additional half-million coming every year) a massive financial impact on our economy by importing the worlds poor.
2. The Americans who are losing jobs to cheap immigrant labor. In a 1996 study, a Rice University economist estimated that illegal aliens were then displacing 730,000 American workers a year.
3. The costs to taxpayer for welfare, medical services, education, law enforcement and incarceration for "illegal immigrants" and their dependents -and thousands of State, county welfare is estimated at more than a Trillion dollars.
US taxpayers are supporting parasite businesses that hire illegal aliens. The middle class already overburdened with war appropriation funds, is still force to pay for the education, free health-care and Federal, state welfare handouts for illegal criminals.
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shocking.
stevem "shocking."
I know! Can you believe Brittanicus would post so much misinformation and hatred and think nobody would see right through it?
Hey, hatred and bigotry are alive and well, most articles indicate an overwhelming positive contribution of "illegals" and still many choose to feel threatened by them. I am glad that we get to live in a state built on territory acquired by conquest of Mexico, is it not?
Brittanicus is not the hater, it's the people who hate America that need to get a clue. The longer we allow the scum of the world to enter our country, the shorter it will take to destroy our border, language and culture. But that's the goal, isn't it!? Thank God for the Americans who stand up to this invasion.
dave202 "The longer we allow the scum of the world to enter our country, the shorter it will take to destroy our border, language and culture."
We should replace that "give us your huddled masses yearning to be free" crap on the Statue of Liberty with what you said. This is a beautiful statement. Can't everyone just feel the compassion and caring? It just drips with humanity and thoughtfulness.
In all seriousness, it is hatred like you exemplified here that is destroying and our culture.
Brittanicus, yes, your posting is full of misleading facts and hatred. Illegal aliens (as you call them), many of them, work with fake papers, fake social security numbers. They are withheld taxes, but they never get a return, because they don't file income tax--what do you say about that? In this state (where there's no state income tax), they pay the same taxes you do, sales tax--what do you say about that? They do the kind of job you don't want to do--what do you have to say about that? They are hired by businesses at a lower wage, many work in the fields, and they are, saddly, the reason why prices of produce are as low as they are at your grocery store--what do you have t say about that? Studies have determined that the U.S. gains more from illegal immigration that it spends on it.
Welocome to America, now learn English.
Sure a lot of illegals here, with FAKE Driver licenses.
vegasj - "Welocome to America, now learn English."
Learn to spell before you insult people. Otherwise you look like an illiterate American as opposed to a simply hateful and intolerant one.
"Sure a lot of illegals here, with FAKE Driver licenses."
I'll bet it pales in comparison to the number of Real 'Murkins with fake diplomas and resumes who are stealing jobs from those who are actually qualified for them.
You ever notice how many white people stand out in front of the local nursery looking for a job for the day? Now THAT's a career every white man would love! It must be that those damn illegals are crowding out all the white people who would otherwise be standing there in their place.
A lot of individuals do not surrender anything to the DMV. I've worked with a woman for the last 1-1/2 yrs and she still has her Utah plates on her vehicle (renewed) as well as her drivers license. She's complained that it was too expensive here in Nevada (very true) so she figured out a way to deceive. That's one individual that I personally know. How many others are out there doing the same thing?
This number is only reflecting the so-called "honest" individuals.
So annienonymouse,
How does it feel to aid someone breaking the law?