On Monday, many illegal immigrants participated in the "National Day of Action," boycotting work and U.S. businesses to draw attention to the role of undocumented workers on the U.S. economy.  Too bad their protest didn't include giving up government-paid social services-because a day without illegal aliens would be a boon to U.S. taxpayers.  Consider their daily costs to the government:

• $78.4 million to educate illegal immigrant children, not including the cost of free school lunches.
• $95.9 million in lost tax revenue because of the growing size of the underground labor market using illegal workers in the cash economy.
• $684,930 to reimburse states for emergency medical services provided to illegal aliens, which is less than 10 percent of the true cost of those services.
• $7.7 million charged to Medicaid to care for illegal aliens and their U.S.-born children.
• $4.9 million in court and incarceration expenses.  Illegal aliens account for less than 5 percent of the U.S. adult population, but were 17 percent of the federal prison population in 2004.

Fortunately, Americans have seen through the protestors' half-truths. A recent poll showed widespread disfavor of recent immigration protests, with 26 percent holding a favorable opinion and 54 percent holding an unfavorable opinion

54% unfavorable, 26 percent favorable.  What about the other 20%?  No opinion? 

54% unfavorable, 26 percent favorable.  What about the other 20%?  No opinion? 

OH MY   !