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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB
I definitely have sympathy for states like Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas which bear a disproportionately high share of the burden when it comes to U.S. imigration. I'll admit it, I would go crazy living in one of those places, knowing that my taxes were paying for their healthcare and schools, and that they were contributing nothing to my state or country in the way of income or property taxes, which are desperately needed in places like California - a state literally going bankrupt.
I am not opposed to a wall, since the boundary has not been respected.
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How sure are you that undocumented aliens AREN'T paying in?
Those that own property are almost assuredly paying property taxes (the state will collect - and a cursory glance shows AZ is pretty standard re: liens/foreclosure). Those that have a job are either a.) paying withholding (even if under false documentation) or b.) are being paid illegally under the table by their employer, who reaps the benefits of illegal labor (not applicable in Texas, which has no state income tax). Sales taxes, tolls, etc. all happen.
The US has massive immigration problems - nobody will disagree with that. But there is a lot of hyperbole by individuals with a specific agenda that doesn't really fit the reality of what immigration really does.
States are going bankrupt for a variety of stupid decisions, some of which are related to population growth and immigration, and some of which are easily blamed but really are only tangentially related.