I don’t know about the $50 bill part, but the rest is true, particularly the first sentence. That is, in areas where they are a very large percentage of the population, both the schools and the hospitals are virtually “under-siege” by that portion of the immigrant population. The way it affects schools is that, if their population dominates, then the instruction ends up being (illegally) delivered in Spanish, which puts at risk the pre-existing Anglo population, which was often comprised of urban blacks or Asians, or rural whites, depending on the location. (In other words, the newcomers hurting not the rich, but the poorest in the poulation, whom they are supplanting.) The parents of these undocumented are themselves largely illiterate, resulting in little learning happening in the classroom, and certainly no learning of English or in English. The English-speaking or English-learning Mexicans are better assimilated, do not destroy the school systems but instead conform to it, and are generally from the middle class or near-middle class. They come here with skills or prepared to learn skills along with English, along with education in English.
I’ve taught recently in these schools & see the differences. I’ve gone on to a more elevated role in education, but I can see the pattern continuing.
It used to be until quite recently (2-3 years ago) that illegal immigrants were a net gain to the economy. They are now a net drain, because too many of them exploit the social services while not in a position in any near future to replenish those services or the income base which sustains those services.
The problems of the U.S. economy are a mixed result – one of the more positive results being that those immigrants who are not prepared to contribute near-term to our economy have made a decision to return to settings which they are more equipped to navigate, because the initial economic benefits here cannot be as guaranteed as they recently were.
