Many illegal immigrants use someone else's social security to work, so they are actually paying taxes but under someone else's name. Illegal immigrants also do not qualify for welfare or other benefits, though their children may. The problem here is the welfare state which takes our money and incentives and subsidies unemployment and underemployment. That's the real theft.

If you think that illegal immigrants are just rolling through easy street, working great jobs, getting free healthcare, and getting into all the best jobs and schools without any effort, you are out of touch with reality. Living in fear of deportation & taking the jobs that other people are not willing to work for low wages is not my version of an ideal life.