;...“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Illegals cost the US $113 Billion net, using the hopelessly outdated number of 13 million illegal.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?
There is no denying that illegals probably cost what you claim but that does not mean most of them are on the welfare teat. My guess is less than half are which would work out to 17,500 per which sounds about right.
All I am saying is that the majority do not come here for the welfare. The flow of illegals is determined by the relative economic growth rates between the US and Mexico.