>>Well, I do not know where you got your information that illegal aliens pay no taxes. I can find articles that state that they paid $16 billion in taxes in 2002, as just one example.
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>I'll have to look that up. It is somewhat surprising, as my assumption has always been they are part of the "cash economy".

Dan;

Here is one link.

http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

Here is something that I have researched and have personal knowledge of.

Many illegal aliens who work (most do) use phoney Green Cards and Social Security numbers. You can buy these documents for only a few dollars. Give your Social Security number to your employer, show your "Green Card", and the employer has complied with all legal requirements he/she is responsible for in hiring an employee. As a W-2 employee, your employer withholds a specific amount of your wages and pays them to the IRS.

As the referenced article above states, the cost of these illegal aliens in 2002 was $10 billion, and they paid $16 billion in federal taxes.

Did you know that the number two source of income in Mexico (oil is first) last year is from illegal aliens in the United States who send money back home? The amount was $20 billion according to my sources.

Mexico has a serious problem as so many young families, men and women are leaving Mexico to live here. In many small towns there are few or no young people. In some cases all that is left are those who are too old to work.

Tom