I'm one person that would surely like to have someone as educated on this issue as you seem to be describe all the net benefits illegal immigration has had on our economy. You see, it's hard to see any benefit in watching billions of our tax $ go to these folks, many of whom could care less about this country and our children's future. They can't (and won't) speak English, have no real skills and if not for welfare style services couldn't even function in this society.....and this is supposed to be beneficial?
As far as small business owners seeking to hire illegals, I must be wrong by thinking that they might want to be EVADING a whole lot of payroll taxes by letting go of Americans and replacing them with illegals when it's obvious nothing could be further from the truth. Also, something I'm sure they never thought of was just paying these illegals minimal wages and letting the taxpayers get socked for their medical, food, education, etc. expenses.......it probably never crossed their collective minds. I'm also sure any day now we'll see builders cut prices on houses across the board because it should be obvious they'll want to pass on to consumers all the extra $ they now save in payroll, taxes, medical, etc. by now using illegals........yep, any day now those prices should come down.
It's maybe my own myopia on the subject but I can't seem to find any silver lining in reading stories about honest Americans whose lives have been changed forever because lax immigration has allowed all sorts of miscreants to enter this country to rob, rape, murder, etc. a loved one thereby causing massive amounts of agony for many families. Is His-pandering for votes really worth the price many of these folks have paid by being violated in some or fashion by these invaders?.......(I know you're giving it a lot of thought, but the answer is NO!)
The point is, this is a very complex, convoluted issue with many elements that need to be exposed to the public at large . Heck, I didn't even bring up Bush's idiotic plan to have some illegals receive Social Security benefits, even after they've gone back to Mexico........if more people knew of that nonsense, he'd be toast before you could say matricula card. You need to step back and take good look at what's really going on here, becasue the reality of the situation is far more destructive than certain romantic notions of the "net benefits of illegal immigration".
I have. Thanks.