"For the most part, these are hardworking individuals trying to make better lives for themselves. They’re here for one reason and that’s to work. The handful who do come here for welfare benefits is far outweighed by the number who never lay claim to those benefits. The great untold story is that a false Social Security Number is given to an employer so that the illegal Mexican can work. Well, those are taxes that are withheld (by the employer) and never laid claim to (by the worker). Illegal immigration from a dollars and cents standpoint is positive for the US.”