The fact that our government grows as a result of the illegals being here. Congressional lines are drawn and money apportioned based on census counts of people who aren’t legitimately here. Again, how many extra congressmen are in congress due to the presence of illegals?
The cost in infrastructure maintenance that results from the excess wear and tear might not be a bad way to frame the issue. Infrastructure spending is one of Obama’s common demands for money.
I would have to believe your estimate is a correct estimate of the number in congress due to the presence of illegals.
The costs illegals cost the taxpayers is documented. The figures shown to the taxpayers are probably bogus just as the twelve million illegals inside the country is bogus. People are awakening to the problem otherwise you and I would not be discussing it, yet I agree the problem is growing. I haven't come upon the answer to change people's minds, though like you, I continue to try to come up with an answer. For the moment, I take some of the awakening of the people of America as a good sign, and the time for illegals may eventually pass. If not, nobody can say you nor I failed to warn those who see only good coming from an invasion force which murders, robs, pillages, and destroys America in the long run. Ask any American Indian. American Indians know what an invasion means.