The Journal usually makes a big to-do about how these illegals all pay their taxes, etc, but the truth is, except in income-tax-free states like Texas, they DON'T pay any significant taxes.
Illegals ONLY pay sales taxes, because those are the only ones collected from everybody.
Sure, their employers take out withholding taxes from their pay, but what they do is list 14 or so "dependents," so their withholding is zilch. Surely nobody thinks they actually file income tax returns?
Not even the Manhattanites on the WSJ editorial staff are THAT out of touch, are they?
They may be or it's possible that they just think that nobody will question them about it. Also, employers who hire people off the books (like day laborers) aren't withholding any Social Security or Medicare taxes either.
They are not out of touch, they are simply liars.