Glad you asked! How about 5 Billion in Earned income Credits? They pay no income taxes but get a free welfare check from the IRS. They get free schooling for their children and we have to hire special teachers because they cannot speak English. We have to build new schools. They get free treatment from emergency room hospitals that we all have to pay. Their anchor babies get Medicaid and they get money for their children. Their anchor babies get all the food stamps, SSI, etc. since they improperly are classified US citizens. According to the Heritage Foundation, the cost of a illegal family is approximately $14,000 per year to the US taxpayers. Do you still want to weep because they "may" not get the pittance that they pay in social security taxes?
Yeah I also read on NumbersUSA how they commit crimes and fill up our prisons while they spread disease. I'm not weeping for anyone. I asked a question which you are sidesteping with emotionally charged propaganda.
If the illegals are made legal what "freebies" should they be excluded from? You say EITC. OK, so "legal status" workers get no EITC. How about paid into social safety nets like SS, Medicare, UI? If they are not to receive this American's only socialism, should it be withheld from their checks and the profits of the companies who hire these now legal workers? If the answer is no they don't pay these redistribution taxes then employers will have an incentive to hire this new class. I'm not sure how the SCOTUS would rule on a sure challenge to excluding legal workers from any payroll tax paid for benefit.
And what about public schools, food stamps, and Medicaid for what you call anchor babies and the law calls Americans? or college tuition breaks and student aid for the kids who were brought across the border? Tell them to pull up their bootstraps?
Holy Moley that is a lot of American socialism to preserve for the legitimately needy.
I'm just trying to get a better picture of this separate but legal classification of people. What do conservatives want if you don't want illegals deported?