Liberals are always quick to say that illegal aliens pay taxes from their paychecks and add to American society, however, the actual numbers don’t make their case at all. Indeed, the numbers show that, overall, they don’t add anything but, instead, take from is all.
Democrats even go farther in their support for illegals and claim that they really don’t benefit from our system at all and that WE are the ones that reap all the benefits from illegal aliens.
As their argument goes, Illegals take jobs Americans won’t do. Then all the taxes they pay go into our system, but because they are not legal, they don’t file taxes and, therefore, don’t get any refunds, so they forfeit their taxes.
Like everything liberals say, there is a tiny bit of truth in there. It is true they pay taxes in the form of paycheck withholding. And, yes, they don’t legally get that money back in IRS refunds. But that is where the truth stops.
No, they don’t take jobs Americans won’t do. Americans will take those jobs when enough illegals are deported leaving those jobs open long enough.
But there is an even bigger lie in the left’s claims. Their claim that illegals are good for us because they pay taxes and we benefit is a lie.
Again, yes, some of them pay taxes. But are they really a plus for us? The answer to that is a resounding no. And the reason for that is because they take far more in government services (both federal and state) than they ever pay in taxes.
The Center for Immigration Studies noted that 59 percent of non-citizen households are on welfare of one sort or another. That is compared to only 39 percent of citizens.
The 2022 Survey of Income & Program Participation indicates that 54% of households headed by immigrants — naturalized citizens, legal residents, & illegal immigrants — used one or more major welfare program, compared to 39% for U.S.-born households.https://t.co/yrdcDxLEVP
— Center for Immigration Studies (@CIS_org) December 19, 2023
"Our best estimate is that 59% of households headed by illegal immigrants, also called the undocumented, use at least one major program. We have no evidence this is due to fraud. Among legal immigrants we estimate the rate is 52%."https://t.co/yrdcDxLEVP
— Center for Immigration Studies (@CIS_org) December 20, 2023
And all this isn’t even counting the literal hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars these people send from their U.S. paychecks back home to their countries and families in what is known as remittances.
Illegals and other migrants who really aren’t in the U.S. to become part of our country send more money home from their U.S. paychecks than the U.S. government spends in foreign aid.
This is money 100% lost to our economy, money that doesn’t benefit local businesses, not our schools, not invested in the U.S., not anything. It is money bled out of our country, lost forever. Gone.
So, the truth is, the numbers show that liberals are liars. Illegal aliens are a net drag on this country. They don’t help us even a little bit.
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