re: #1035 OldLineTexan

That’s the correct argument. Illegal immigration is primarily about the labor market. There’s a demand for cheap labor. Legal labor usually gets expensive benefits like health insurance. Illegals don’t demand those benefits, so they’re less expensive for employers.

It backfires on the rest of us when an illegal gets sick or injured. They go to the emergency room of the local hospital without insurance. By law, they must be treated at taxpayer expense. Their employers shift the cost of the care of the illegal to us. That’s why I blame employers of illegals, not illegals themselves.