[lalaland1125]

> Thats always the claim, but they have stolen SSN's to get those jobs in the first place (those without SSN's aren't paying income tax).

Where are the criminal prosecutions if that is actually happening? For all of Elon's efforts, even he was unable to find much (if any?) social security fraud.

> Not to mention states like California which explicitly spend federal money on illegal immigrants through Medicaid.

With the exception of pregnancy and emergency care (which are relatively minor), this is not the case.

[lazide]

People get prosecuted for stealing SSN’s all the time (identity theft), just generally not for paying in taxes under said SSN. The gov’t loves free money.