https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/03\/19\/immigrants-are-a-boon-to-the-u-s-economy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Texas, the only state that tracks immigrant crime, compares convictions per 100,000 Americans. Score: illegal immigrants, 782; legal immigrants, 535; native-born Americans, 1,422. It’s the opposite of what most of us have heard.”<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
“even illegal immigrants are a net gain. Not just because they harvest our food, do construction, etc., but also because Social Security and Medicare taxes are deducted from their paychecks. That’s money they never get back because they’re not legal.”<\/p>\n
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