[A_perfect_lady]

Not only are they on welfare, a drag on taxpayers, but they are also working off-books. This is another impact to taxpayers as they are taking jobs at a fraction of what the going rate would be if there were no illegals.

And finally, they drain money out of the country sending it south to relatives in Mexico and Central America.

[kearnyirish2]

Those failed states themselves are the largest clients of US welfare - and we foot the bill. Like our cities, they exist with a taxpayer-subsidized pseudo-economy...