> The one where these people don't have work papers, so they can't work the kind of above the table jobs you need to work to fully support yourself so they wind

> The one where these people don't have work papers, so they can't work the kind of above the table jobs you need to work to fully support yourself so they wind up being a drain on our social safety nets. Legal immigrants and many undocumented workers without employment authorization pay Social Security taxes, analyses show. Some undocumented immigrants use fake Social Security numbers or ones they may have had before their work permits lapsed. In 2022, for example, undocumented immigrants paid nearly $100 billion in federal, state and local income taxes, including nearly $26 billion in Social Security taxes and $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank. (The report takes into account both employer and employee contributions to Social Security and Medicare taxes.) But they are not eligible to receive Social Security benefits if they are not lawfully in the US. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/01/politics/undocumented-immigrants-social-security https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/01/politics/undocumented-imm... > The average working American in my state can't afford "good" healthcare You're going to blame the complete lack of affordable healthcare in the US on...immigrants? Ok.