[judgeandjury]

joanie-f: "All of the above expenses, and more, have resulted in estimates ranging from $10 billion to $40 billion a year pilfered from the American taxpayers’ pockets as a result of our government’s unwillingness to address the immigration issue. "

bayourod: Inconsequential compared to the $800 Billion that illegal immigrants contribute to the GDP according to last month's Business Week, or for example $16 Billion to Southern Nevada alone.

You're trying to compare Gross Domestic Product to Net Taxpayer Dollars spent on providing services to illegal alien lawbreakers? What are you going to do next, compare an apple to a fire truck simply because they're both red?

Gross Domestic Product = Consumer Spending + Business and Residential Investment + Government Spending - Trade Deficit.

[Know your rights]

the $800 Billion that illegal immigrants contribute to the GDP

Gross Domestic Product = Consumer Spending + Business and Residential Investment + Government Spending - Trade Deficit.

I can believe that illegal aliens "contribute" several hundred billions of dollars to the costs incurred by government. Oddly, I don't feel grateful.