We Complain about the Cost of Immigrants, but Should We?

   If we were to tally up the cost to our healthcare system, to our education system, and to our prison system, the cost of immigrants coming to America would be breathtaking.
   So it is said.
   I consider. Much of the cost is incurred because we don't allow them in. We have a court system just for them. We have jails just for them. We process them slowly, which means the expense of our courts and jails is increased. The expense of educating their children? If you are referring to their not paying taxes, then consider that if they were legal, they would be paying taxes. Healthcare? I do wonder if they are of any greater offense than the American citizens, who run up bills on the government. Blaming the immigrant when seemingly everyone else is also running up bills is disingenuous.
   These are the poor. These  are the needy. They seek escape from conditions in their home countries. They arrive, and we toss them in jail for arriving. And then we complain about the costs, when the costs are largely a result of our efforts to keep them out.