Illegal workers are being used to drive down wages while taxpayers are forced to subsidize the very system pushing them out of their own jobs

The CBO has reported that unauthorized immigrants contribute less in tax revenue than the average resident while drawing more in public services. This is largely because they tend to earn lower wages, which reduces tax contributions, while their families still access public schooling, emergency medical care, and other local services.

https://www.cbo.gov/topics/immigration

Many unauthorized migrants have lower average education levels, which correlates with lower earnings and therefore lower tax payments.

Even if undocumented adults cannot access most federal programs, their U.S.-born children often qualify, which increases the fiscal burden.

https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116727/witnesses/HHRG-118-JU01-Wstate-CamarotaS-20240111.pdf

https://www.econlib.org/archives/2007/03/borjas_wages_an.html

https://gborjas.scholars.harvard.edu/_publications/for-a-few-dollars-less