Because 12 million illegal aliens are currently paying something like $11B in taxes. That's $916 per person, per year. Now, some of that is because they're here

Because 12 million illegal aliens are currently paying something like $11B in taxes. That's $916 per person, per year. Now, some of that is because they're here illegally, but I bet a major part of it is that they aren't making much money, and in the US people who don't make much pay little to no taxes at all. Some even get money back from the government. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_impact_of_illegal_immigrants_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_impact_of_illegal_imm...