Who said they were all illegal? But let’s face reality: most illegal immigrants are from the Third World. Since the subject is “money sent out of the country by immigrants,” perhaps it is pertinent to point out that legal immigrants are, under the 1971 Supreme Court ruling in Graham v. Richardson, entitled to any and all benefits that citizens may received. This was altered slightly by the 1996 welfare reform act (Clinton’s end of welfare bill which reduced benefits for everyone), however, In 1997, Congress restored SSI eligibility for most legal immigrants present in the country prior to the ‘96 law’s enactment. In 1998, Congress restored food-stamp eligibility to immigrant children and those elderly or disabled immigrants. My point being, legal immigrants receive benefits from the public purse, and those benefits replace funds that they might send abroad.
Lets just get it all out in the open.
For many immigrants, the entire purpose of coming here in the first place is to earn enough money to send back home to their relatives. And why shouldn’t they? their relatives probably helped them out with cash to get them relocated and set up in america. It’s always been like that.
The difference is they used to come here legally, learn english, and make their own way in life without government freebies at taxpayer expense.
So are you saying those freebies should come with strings attached? Because I think the answer is to be more selective who we let in and how many freebies we hand out, rather than try to track their freebies once they get here.