Reporter-Herald
DENVER — A contingent of Colorado lawmakers plans a fact-finding tour in Arizona next week for a firsthand look at the impact of illegal immigration.
“The cost of illegal immigration to Coloradans is enormous,” said Rep. Jim Welker, a Loveland Republican who’s one of at least three Colorado GOP House members making the trip.
“We cannot stand by and watch the pocketbooks of Colorado taxpayers and law-abiding immigrants drain while they carry the increasing burden of supporting illegal aliens,” Welker said in a Wednesday statement.
“The pressure on our schools, our prisons, our health care system and other taxpayer-funded services is too great,” Welker added. “It is unfair to our citizens and it is unfair to the hard-working immigrants who are playing by the rules."
Posted by Richard at September 29, 2005