I think you underestimate the cost of illegal aliens, new immigrants on the dole, and the subsidies to low wage new immigrants.
Illegals cost hundreds of billions per year.
Illegal immigration costs U.S. taxpayers about $113 billion a year NET at the federal, state and local level. Study used outdated number of 13 million illegals. In reality it is 30 - 40 million.
New low wage immigrants cost NET $20,000 per household @ 4,550,000 household in 2004 per Heritage.
“I think you underestimate the cost of illegal aliens, new immigrants on the dole, and the subsidies to low wage new immigrants. “
It doesn’t matter. They just cost us more money that we don’t have. We have already decided as a country we aren’t going kick them out, so those costs will continue. They will also be shocked when their checks stop, but I suspect a good share of them are working under the table so they’ll not be completely cut off.