Chinese immigrants are already paying $20,000 apiece to be smuggled into America.

Unfortunately, low-skill immigrants don't pay enough taxes to cover the cost of the benefits they receive.

After all, legal immigrants pay taxes like everyone else.

But the problem until now has been that immigrants sending cash home often paid stiff fees.

The other alleged benefit, according to the academy, is that immigrants will pay for the retirement of baby boomers.

Illegal immigrants must have a clean record and a job, speak English and pay a big fine.

They point out that even without citizenship, legal immigrants pay taxes, send their children to public schools and serve in the military.

Both immigrants and natives pay 30 percent of their income in taxes.

The court heard that the immigrants had paid gangs based in China up to $20,000 each to help them.

Most illegal immigrants pay sales, federal and state income taxes.