Homeless and "illegal".  Coming illegally you have no home nor job. But how do they survive? Might be something to learn from their example. In 2014 the State estimated there were 50,000 + "illegal's" in Oregon, primarly Hispanic. Think about it, how many Hispanic's do you see panhandling and homeless? Not many. Where do they go, how do they integrate? They usually start out in areas with agriculture, farms or large nurseries or general labor opportunities so they can find work. Group up with other laborers and form mini co-ops,  share an apartment - buy a used car they all ride to and from work etc.  They do this until they can save enough to get a car or place of their own all in a foreign country and with no language skills. Why are they not homeless? Because they are very goal oriented, two of which are 1) send money home and 2) bring family members to US asap. Why then are our homegrown chronically homeless, who are not "ill" homeless? If an "illegal" can mostly avoid it - then ..