Reagan did not “get suckered”. He always knew what he was doing.
“True eliminate tax payer subsidizies and freebies to illegals, anchor babies and their extended families, and they will both self-deport and not come.” Not true. Most of the illegals are not using any of this.
Nor is there much chance of increasing the police forces to the level necessary to monitor economic activity to the extent it would take to eliminate illegals.
What would you do if you could make ten times as much by crossing a border? If doing so was the difference between comfort and poverty?
;...“True eliminate tax payer subsidizies and freebies to illegals, anchor babies and their extended families, and they will both self-deport and not come.” Not true. Most of the illegals are not using any of this. ...
Illegals cost the US $113 Billion net, using the hopelessly outdated number of 13 million illegal. In reality the number is easily triple that:
The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers
Billions in EIC to Illegals
"Typically, any proof an illegal alien provides as evidence of legal status, regardless of its fraudulent nature, will satisfy social services agencies that determine the person's benefit eligibility because an intake clerk simply cannot make the determination that someone is an illegal alien. Therefore, the law is usually overlooked and illegal aliens manage to qualify for state and local benefits.":
What Benefits Can Illegal Aliens Receive?