Yes, it’s bad, but adding the illegals will make it worse.
My original point was that stopping block grant allocations that account for illegals would at least help to increase cooperation for immigration enforcement from states and municipalities.
That goes without saying. If we don't rein in legal immigration (the status quo) we are finished regardless.
My original point was that stopping block grant allocations that account for illegals would at least help to increase cooperation for immigration enforcement from states and municipalities.
We have sanctuary states and cities. We have states that provide in-state tuition for illegal aliens, furnish drivers licenses to illegals, issue local IDs, and provide assistance to illegal aliens, CA being one of the most prominent among them. These states and localities don't want to cooperate with the federal government.
And states like AZ that want to enforce our immigration laws are sued by the federal government. Obama has already by executive order had a backdoor amnesty that legalized Dreamers and issued them work permits. Over 500,000 have been legalized and a million more are anticipated. And the reality is that Obama is deporting far fewer illegal aliens than any other President before him.