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Illegal immigrants are taking the jobs of many Americans, as seen in this table

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The anti-amnesty group ALIPAC is sending their used underwear to politicians to send the message that instead of spending our tax money on new pairs of underwear for 42,000 illegals, the illegal immigrants can have our underwear just like they already have our jobs,

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An anti-amnesty group is calling on its supporters to mail their "gently used" underwear to President Obama in protest over the flood of illegal immigration through the southern border.

"Instead of using our tax money to buy illegals 42,000 pairs of new underwear, we would like to send the illegals and DC politicians a message by mailing them our used underwear, and some of our pairs are in really bad shape due to the bad economy and all of the jobs illegal immigrants are taking from Americans," William Gheen, the president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) said.

This week Breitbart News reported that the Department of Homeland Security is purchasing thousands of pairs of men's underwear for immigrants held at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.

The news of the bulk underwear purchase comes as tens of thousands of undocumented unaccompanied immigrant minors and family units stream across the border, amid violence and poverty in Central America and rumors that they can stay in the United States fuel the migration.

According to some Republicans and anti-amnesty advocates like ALIPAC, the rumor of a free pass into America has roots in discussions of amnesty for illegal immigrants. In that vein, Gheen and his group is also calling for people to send their underwear to House Speaker John Boehner.

"Obama and Boehner have proven once and for all that their talk of passing immigration reform amnesty, instead of enforcing America's existing border and immigration laws, only brings more unwanted and destructive illegal immigration," Gheen added.

Tuesday, Boehner announced a congressional working group to consider solutions to the flood of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border and has said that the House will not act on immigration reform until the Obama administration proves it will enforce the law.

The Obama administration has declared the influx an "urgent humanitarian situation," mobilizing FEMA and a surge of DHS resources to confront the situation, as well as money to Central America and a campaign urging people not to come illegally to America.

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Anti-Amnesty Group Calls On Supporters To Mail Underwear To Obama, Boehner In Protest To Illegal Immigration | Breitbart

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"Instead of using our tax money to buy illegals 42,000 pairs of new underwear, we would like to send the illegals and DC politicians a message by mailing them our used underwear, and some of our pairs are in really bad shape due to the bad economy and all of the jobs illegal immigrants are taking from Americans," William Gheen, the president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) said.

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The author talks about how immigration isn't a bad thing, but it should be done in the proper and legal way.

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This cartoon depicts an illegal immigrant taking the "amnesty express" into the United States by the help of Americans.

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Educating Illegal Minors to Cost Over $760 Million

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Educating Illegal Minors to Cost Over $760 Million

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The cost of educating illegal children mainly from Central America will put a burden on the already in debt government.

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A new report puts the price of educating the thousands of illegal immigrant children who recently crossed into the U.S. at a whopping $761 million this school year -- as some school systems push for the feds to pick up the tab.

The estimate comes from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which issued a report on the 37,000 "unaccompanied minors" - who mainly are from Central America - after analyzing data from the Department of Health and Human Services and education funding formulas in all 50 states.

The numbers underscore the concerns critics have raised for months about the burden the surge is putting on local school systems and governments.

"We're not doing American students any favors by dumping in tens of thousands of additional illegal alien children," FAIR's Bob Dane told Fox News.

The report breaks down the costs by state. The biggest impact reportedly will be seen in California, Texas, Florida and New York. The Empire State leads the list with a bill of more than $147 million.

Immigrant rights groups, though, say it's a small price to pay for helping kids in need.

"We're one of the wealthiest countries in the world," said Jorge Baron, of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. "We should be able to handle this if we focus our energy and some resources and we make sure that kids are treated well, and treated the way we, in America, believe kids should be treated."

Education funding is always a battle, and the recession took a toll on available dollars. Thirty-five states are still spending less per pupil than they did in 2008, and school infrastructure is suffering. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the average age of K-12 public school buildings is 44 years old.

More than half are in need of repair, with the total cost of bringing them up to good condition pegged at $4.5 billion.

State taxes and local property taxes pay for nearly 90 percent of the cost of K-12 public education. The federal government pays for the rest.

Against the influx, some jurisdictions are balking at paying their share for the unaccompanied minors that flooded across the border earlier this year.

Miami-Dade County officials asked the federal government to pick up the tab. So did Arizona's state superintendent of public instruction. In a letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan, John Huppenthal wrote, "It is unreasonable to ask Arizona schools and Arizona taxpayers to pay for these expenses. These unaccompanied minors in question did not illegally cross in Arizona, but rather they were bussed into our state by the federal government."

The single largest concentration of unaccompanied minors is in Harris County, Texas. A total of 2,866 immigrants are now living with sponsors and attending public schools, according to government data.

Maria Moreno, principal of Las Americas Newcomers School in Houston, estimates 140 of her 350 students this year are new arrivals from Central America.

"We want what's best for our kids, and so we need to almost build those relationships, make sure they get the quality of education that we want for all of our kids, so that they can grow up to be great citizens," Moreno said.

The challenge in Texas and elsewhere is a shortage of qualified bilingual teachers and the higher cost of teaching students who speak no English. According to one report in 2006, it costs at least 30 percent more to teach a non-English speaking student than it does to educate the average English-speaking student.

The unaccompanied minors, meanwhile, are currently getting their day in court. Immigration hearings are taking place and it will take, by many estimates, at least two years to get through the backlog. FAIR is advocating the minors be deported immediately.

"We want to have compassion for illegal alien kids," Dane said, "but let's not lose sight of the rule of law and compassion for American students."

Dan Springer joined Fox News Channel (FNC) in August 2001 as a Seattle-based correspondent.

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Cost of educating new class of illegal immigrant minors estimated at over $760M

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A new report puts the price of educating the thousands of illegal immigrant children who recently crossed into the U.S. at a whopping $761 million this school year -- as some school systems push for the feds to pick up the tab.

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President Obama is pushing off executive action

on immigration until after the midterms.

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President Obama appears to be straddling both sides of the rhetorical border as he tries to explain why he's pushing off executive action on immigration until after the November elections.

Obama, speaking June 30 in the Rose Garden, initially said he planned to use executive action and pointed to the border crisis as a reason to act -- blasting Republicans for using the surge of illegal immigrant kids as an "excuse to do nothing."

"Their argument seems to be that because the system is broken, we shouldn't make an effort to fix it. ... It's just politics, plain and simple," Obama said at the time. The president said the humanitarian crisis "only underscores the need to drop the politics and fix our immigration system once and for all."

But now Democrats and Republicans alike say the president is the one who's playing politics, by pushing off executive action until after the midterms.

And the president, this time, is the one citing the border crisis as the reason to wait.

In an interview over the weekend with NBC's "Meet the Press," Obama said the surge has gotten "a lot of attention" and suggested that, even though the number of unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S.-Mexico border is dropping, "that's not what the impression is on people's minds."

Obama said he wants to "make sure that it's sustainable" when he does take action and suggested that would not be the case now.

"It's going to be more sustainable and more effective if the public understands what the facts are on immigration, what we've done on unaccompanied children and why it's necessary," the president said. "The truth of the matter is that the politics did shift midsummer because of that problem. I want to spend some time, even as we're getting all our ducks in a row for the executive action ... to make sure that the public understands why we're doing this."

The president flatly denied that the real reason he's waiting is he wants to protect vulnerable Democrats facing tough Senate reelection battles.

His critics aren't buying it.

Immigrant advocates - who want imminent action from the president - as well as Republicans - who want him to scrap plans to take executive action entirely - both blasted the president for the move.

"I think it's totally politically calculated," House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, told "Fox News Sunday." "He's made this determination that if he gets out in front on this issue, it will hurt seven to eight Senate races and he could potentially lose the Senate. I think Harry Reid has sent that message clearly to the president, which is why I think you've seen him back off of this position."

McCaul called the decision "raw politics."

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, called it "simply a political move."

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., one of the biggest proponents for immigration action, complained on ABC's "This Week" that the president was "playing it safe" and "walking away from our values and our principles."

Gutierrez is among those calling for a massive unilateral reprieve for illegal immigrants currently in the country, something Republicans adamantly oppose.

When the idea was discussed over the summer, Republicans argued such a reprieve would only exacerbate the problem of illegal immigrant minors trekking up from Central America and into the United States.

Obama, in confirming he would push off a decision, made clear he still intends to act if Congress will not pass a comprehensive bill on its own.

"I want to make sure we get it right," he clarified.

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Obama blames border crisis for immigration inaction, after blasting GOP for doing the same

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President Obama appears to be straddling both sides of the rhetorical border as he tries to explain why he's pushing off executive action on immigration until after the November elections.