Article “What illegal immigration really costs us” goes on to say “Some critics argue that undocumented workers hurt local economies by sending money back to their home countries instead of spending it in communities where they live and work.
“We’re losing so much money in the local community, the local tax base,” says Frank A. Sirianni, president of the Pennsylvania Building and Construction Trades Council. “It’s wrong.”
“Few studies have come to significant conclusions on the true economic impact of illegal immigrants, particularly at the local level…”
WATCHDOG: This is silly. What good are American dollars except to purchase American goods and services or to invest back in the USA? Of course they could use the dollars for wall paper, but, all other things being equal (which they aren’t necessarily), that would only raise the value of dollars held by everyone else.
