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SIMMONS: An ‘Are you better off?’ checklist

Illegal immigration: Is this what the future holds? Facing an $8 billion deficit, law-abiding Ohioans are facing the unbearable costs of illegal immigration, which experts say costs voters and other citizens a burdensome $879 million per year to provide services such as health care, education, law enforcement and social services.

It all adds up: uneducated/undereducated people + staggering unemployment + plus bloodied streets = families’ dreams deferred, no matter who occupies the White House.

Are you willing to wait another four years?

• Deborah Simmons can be reached at dsimmons@washingtontimes.com.

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Deborah Simmons

Deborah Simmons

Award-winning opinion writer Deborah Simmons is a senior correspondent who reports on City Hall and writes about education, culture, sports and family-related topics. Mrs. Simmons has worked at several newspapers, and since joining The Washington Times in 1985, has served as editorial-page editor and features editor and on the metro desk. She has taught copy editing at the University of ...

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