For me the count would also include friends and a couple former girlfriends. They won’t be ‘lost’ as they will still be on the same planet.
I’ve known illegal aliens who probably wouldn’t be counted in the 11M count as they are here on tourist visas and go home 2 times per year but violate the terms of their visas by working. Some of them vote. One claimed he did so because ‘what the USA does affects the world.’ (That particular person is back in Ireland now, fortunately.)
Either way, they all urinate on my nation’s sovereignty. I don’t bother to ask myself ‘are they good for the USA’ or ‘are they net contributors’ unless they are first in accordance with it’s laws.
I have a particular disdain for politicians who tell me how we NEED aliens coming here illegally.
I said we should have “taken” the Cubans and the Vietnamese refugees i.e grant them legal status. They are businesslike, hard workers and they vote conservative.