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.
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
I cc'd mo as a courtesy.
All depends on how you define the welfare teat. The net cost of $113 billion per year based upon the outdated number of 13 million illegals which in reality is about 3 X that = $ 1/3 Trillion NET per year is confiscated from US taxpayers to subsidize both illegals on the dole and illegals in low wage jobs.
Illegal aliens come here and stay here because no one secures the border or enforces immigration law. IIRC Eisenhower was the last president to make enforcing immigration law a priority.
The elites of both sides of the aisle in DC are just fine with $1/3 trillion per year confiscated to subsidize illegal aliens. I'm not.
In fact
Illegal immigration is THE KEY to the perpetuation of the status quo in DC......