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Idea to send:	Topic Immigration Content Everyone always adds up what illegal immigration costs the state, but never adds up how it benefits the state. YES it would better if these individuals were LEGAL, but since there is not a practical worker program in place we've must have them here the way they are. You only have to look around to see these folks working at almost every restaurant, every hotel/motel, every construction site, every landscape company and every plant nursery just to name a very, few industries. As an example, one could add up all the costs associated with water, such as flooding, landslides, errosion, corrosion/rust, drownings, ruined clothing, dirty cars, leaking houses, and so on and so forth, and it would add up to billions of dollars, but how much more would it cost if it never rained again. I KNOW that the cost of illegal immigration is at least negated, if not outweighted, by the benefits. These people are doing the jobs no one else wants to do. Paying higher wages to try and attract American workers will only result in higher costs for the consumer. We can't expect certain occupation to pay "living wages." How can we pay dishwashers at a restaurant, for example, a living wage and expect to be able afford to eat in restaurants? I know that there are very, very, very few business owners (who have more than just a few employees) that are complaining about Illegal immigration. These business owners have lived it. Those who complain have not.