Jose illegal is technically not eligible for most of the benefits you list.
That may be poorly enforced, but it is the law.
Even many legal immigrants are not eligible for many of these programs.
http://nilc.org/overview-immeligfedprograms.html
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However, refugees seeking asylum are provided many benefits. People crossing the border illegally have been told to say they are seeking asylum.
California No Borders activists call Illegal aliens “refugees” in Napa Valley; want Pelosi to send federal cash
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/california-no-borders-activists-call-illegal-aliens-refugees-in-napa-valley-want-pelosi-to-send-federal-cash/
This is what the No Borders Left and their friends in the Catholic Church are trying to do everywhere—-re-classify illegal aliens by calling them “refugees.”
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Illegal workers in Napa Valley are economic migrants, not refugees. But, the Left (the Religious Left too) sure would like them designated as refugees so that they will be eligible for all forms of social services and will be given permission to work and eventually to vote here.
List of benefits to refugees:
Refugee Resettlement Fact Sheet
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/refugee-resettlement-fact-sheets/
No arguments from me. I was simply trying to point out that saying Jose Illegal is eligible for all these benefits is quite simply untrue.
There are also serious problems with the notion that Jose Illegal can keep a steady under the table job at $15/hour for an extended period. Due to the way our tax laws work, such jobs are few and far between.
If Jose illegal is working under the table and getting $15, more likely he’ll get 60 hours one week and 15 or 0 the next, nothing steady or predictable.
If he’s working steady, as others on this thread have pointed out, he’s almost certainly having taxes withheld.