No, there is a difference between an immigrant and a illegal immigrant. It involves one owning a piece of paper stating that they have met the immigrations laws of the destination country, the other is foreigner who either has illegally crossed an international political border (imaginary line on a map), or one who has entered a country legally but the overstays his/her visa. An illegal alien is considered to be a criminal subject to six months in jail for their first offense. Also illegal aliens ignore the fact that there are thousands of others legally become immigrants by just jumping the line (or fence in some cases). When illegal aliens get arrested, its taxpayers who pay of the their court services and imprisonment. And even if the illegal aliens that are not criminals they still hurt the nationals by receiving perks including, but not limited to, free medical treatment, food stamps, schooling, and WIC. It is the taxpayers who end up paying for all of this. When illegal aliens get arrested, it's taxpayers who pay for their court services and imprisonment. So whatever illegal immigration might possibly do for the economy (i.e., supply labor for less $$$) is easily outweighed by the burden it puts on taxpayers (over $20 billion annually). I guess my argument is really moot because nothing will ever be done about it. Government feels like it has bigger fish to fry.