diverdave, You seem to imply that immigrants hurt the economy.  However, nothing is farther from the truth.  There are more undocumented immigrants in California than any other state, and the proportion of undocumented immigrants to the entire population of California is one of the highest among all states.  Yet California is doing great economically, and it is pulling the national economy up.  The economy of California is so large that if it were a country it would have the sixth largest economy in the world.  The idea that immigrants bring down the economy is another alternative fact.