Illegal aliens do collect welfare, free housing food stamps, free health care and other perks a citizen would be denied. Depending on the state's, illegals collect these benefits via identity theft or brought their children. In many democrat controlled states the laws are ignored and they are openly given welfare benefits. It's how illegals are able to undercut wages and get jobs. The "jobs Americans won't do" lie has been exposed for years. Illegals have been taking the jobs that used to lift citizens out of poverty and into the middle class, by telling employers they could pay them less. 2% of illegals work in crop picking but illegals were never needed for those jobs. The US has a visa program that paid migrants good wages and benefits. They arrived in harvesting season and returned home afterwards. Democrats & corrupt farmers wanted illegals because they undercut migrant visa worker's wages. Read writings of Harvard's Dr Borjas, the US doesn't need illegals or any foreign workers