And I wouldn't claim that; just that both groups make some positive contribution.
Tell me how a person making minimum wages, some of them even being paid under the table, is going to contribute enough to the state to be a positive assett.
I said it would be negative on balance.
The general illegal immigrant doesn't get paid substantial wages, so he isn't paying big dollars in state or federal withholding taxes. Many of them are paid funds under the table at construction sites and by local residents who hire them to do manual labor tasks. This situation is ripe for fraud.
Sounds like you'd be in favor of a guest worker program to fix this problem :)
Do you still think this is a win win?
I never did. To enter Algore mode: "In MY plan, illegal immigration would not be tolerated, while legal immigration would be welcomed, up to a relatively high limit. Anyone trying to come to America ILLegally would be placed in a lockbox and shipped to Guadalajara." Plus a modest guest-worker program.