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it's not free, they pay taxes as well.
You're right. But since they make so little usually, the amount in taxes they pay doesn't offset their cost. And that suggests another point. To get American workers to do those jobs the employer would have to pay them a much higher wage. Imagine if there were NO illegal immigrants, and employers had to hire American workers. American won't do hard manual work for minimum wage. So the employers would have to pay lots better. In turn, those Americans would pay much more in those taxes you value so much. And we wouldn't need a discussion on raising the minimum wage.