Here in NJ the powers to be decided to “stand down”; our former governor (a Dem) admitted that without illegal aliens, NJ had lost population (we just lost a congressional district because of it - illegals don’t count). The nanny-state tax burden here has forced many companies and taxpayers to flee; without illegals many of our urban areas would be ghost towns (the “American” permanent underclass stopped breeding like rabbits when BJ Clinton ended the “cash-for-kids” program). It still makes no sense to import so many people with their hands out; they cost much more than their underground economy ever puts in state coffers.
Clinton didn’t end the welfare ‘cash for kids’ programs, the Republican Congress (think Newt) deserve credit for that.
Clinton fought it tooth and nail, demomizing all Republicans for being cold hearted to even propose such a thing, and when it passed he raced to the front of the parade to claim credit.