50% federal “management fee” on Western Union (etc) transfers to Mexico.
For the children and fluffy otters.
Much of the remittances are from illegal and legal Mexican immigrants on welfare and other US entitlements.
In other words, we give illegals welfare money to “help them make ends meet” and they send 30% of it back to support relatives in Mexico.
In California many illegals are receiving multiple entitlement payments under multiple false identities. It has gotten so bad the Republicans tried to pass a law requiring finger printing for welfare recipients which went nowhere.
The Democrats responded by actually passing a law making illegal for any Government agency to request finger prints from anyone on entitlements.