>I don't have any numbers but suspect the disproportionate impact on the border states is not as extreme as you think it is. There are now Hispanics, legal and illegal, all over the country. And not just in 10s and 20s. I live in a formerly rural exurb of Chicago; the next town up is predominantly Hispanic. Where I referee soccer, the affluent suburb of Mundelein, I would guess a majority of the players are Hispanic. This isn't just a border issue.

Here's just one number:

Over the past 10 years, the (Harris County Hospital District) has provided $510 million in unreimbursed care to illegal immigrants, the district says. Another $101 million was spent on unreimbursed care for residents of surrounding counties.

http://www.gopwing.com/modules.php?sid=730 - yeah, I know it's a GOP site but it is quoted from an article in the Houston Chronicle

>Nor is there unity on the issue even in Texas. The President's views expressed last night, and going back to when he was governor of Texas and even before, were a lot more welcoming than I am hearing from the Texans here.

"Texans here" as in on the UT? or your neighborhood?