[SmokingJoe]

Immigration reform is all about increasing the population base in order to extend the Ponzi schemes.

That would only work if most illegals were making enough money to be paying much in taxes. Most Mexican illegals lowly educated, low skill folks, who are a drain on our resources, and will take far more than they put it, even if they were legalized.

[Cboldt]

-- That would only work if most illegals were making enough money to be paying much in taxes. Most Mexican illegals lowly educated, low skill folks, who are a drain on our resources, and will take far more than they put it, even if they were legalized. --

The government doesn't look at it that way. If each worker is a small contributor to FICA, then (under government logic), the country needs MORE of them.

Center for Governmental Studies "Immigration and immigration policy"

• Old Promises and New Blood: How Immigration Reform Can Help America Prosper in the Face of Baby Boomer Retirement