“The black market must be doing very well these days.”
It certainly is here in NJ; scads of illegals working for cash, and they are practically the only ones spending it (as opposed to plastic). Illegal apartments are flourishing (as Americans illegally convert one-family homes to meet rising property tax bills), and the schools are filling with anchor babies (since Americans either don’t breed or flee elsewhere to start a family). We’ve already lost electoral votes, and that trend should continue as more & more of our state is “undocumented”.