Santa Barbara, Calif. — While Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has called for increases in the sales tax and cuts in services to reduce the budget deficit of $11.2 billion, a population group has noted that the shortfall is about the same as the costs of illegal immigration to the state.

Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) says that a 2004 study indicated that California’s illegal alien population imposed a net cost of $9 billion per year on the state’s taxpayers just for education, medical care and incarceration. “After adjusting the figure for current costs and increases in the number of illegal aliens, it would exceed the state’s projected deficit,” according to Diana Hull, the organization’s president, “and this is a very conservative estimate. [...]

A 2007 study by Philip J. Romero… estimated that illegal aliens in California receive somewhere between $10 and $38 billion more in state services than they pay in state taxes.

Other states are taking steps to reduce illegal immigration and the burdens it imposes. Arizona, for instance, passed legislation requiring that employers use the E-verify system to check the work eligibility of employees. “Unfortunately, California is going the other direction, and taxpayers get stuck with the bill,”

Serves your dumb ass right Cali. Time to kick the spineless movie star out of office and get someone that will start kicking aliens back across the border. Take your state back before it’s too late.