I can’t improve on John Fonte’s fine piece on the homepage today, except to underline the importance of a pro-enforcement majority in the House by pointing to a brand new Heritage Foundation report by Robert Rector, on line here.

In it, he examines the costs of the federal government’s poverty-importation program (a.k.a. “legal” immigration) and concludes that “Massive low-skill immigration works to counteract government anti-poverty efforts.” He estimates that today’s low-skilled immigrants will cost taxpayers half a TRILLION dollars over their lifetime (that’s the net cost, after immigrant tax payments); if low-skilled illegals are legalized, they will cost us another half-TRILLION dollars; and their children’s education will cost another TRILLION.

But, I guess the president’s (and the Democrats’) attitude is a few TRILLION dollars isn’t a big deal.

As David Frum has written, “Stop the Bush Amnesty Plan — Vote GOP .”