Quote Originally Posted by Pancho Villa View Post
I don't know anyone who received a bunch of benefits as illegals. My dad certainly didn't. The illegals I was around didn't go for food stamps or welfare - and the application process would attract attention to you, which is something they dislike for obvious reasons.

Do you have a link to a credible study showing that occurs? The only thing I've ever seen is a NumbersUSA study where the methodology is a flat assumption that illegal immigrants use social services at the exact same rate as legal residents in their same ethnicity/wealth level, with no reason to justify that assumption.

There's a lot wrong with the government. I don't think that illegal immigrants constitute a big part of that.

Maybe if you want to drive them away, we should make all illegal immigrants go to the VA for their medical services.
The fact that we have host home providers hosting minor illegals? How about the recent publish statistic that 57% of all illegal family is on welfare? For someone who has a strong opinion on the topic, you really need to look into this. The few families around you does not equal the big picture.

Start here..
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/illeg...ry?id=10699317
http://cis.org/immigrant-welfare-use-2011
http://www.gao.gov/products/HEHS-98-30