A tidbit to add to bellyaching at the coffee shop: Their taxes come in, but the cash doesn’t go out.
Illegal immigrants as a group are contributing more than most Americans to keeping Social Security afloat, NYTimes:
While it has been evident for years that illegal immigrants pay a variety of taxes, the extent of their contributions to Social Security is striking: the money added up to about 10 percent of last year’s surplus – the difference between what the system currently receives in payroll taxes and what it doles out in pension benefits.