“although unauthorized workers consumed about $504 million more in public services than they paid in taxes, without them, the Texas economy would shrink by 2.1 percent, or $17.7 billion.”
Well someone has to pay for the $504 million shortfall, so that would be the actual taxpayers. And I don’t know if those “public services” include education for all their children. I doubt it or it would be more. That means the schools have to borrow more money and raise taxes on the citizens.
The numbers utilized in this screed are, as usual, complete and utter crap. Illegals are a sinkhole and contribute little (if anything) to the tax base, while sucking money out of the system via Social Services, education and health care. The author does not even have a decent handle on how many illegals there actually are, only fictitious numbers from illegal-friendly “sources.”