Bruce Kasting over at ZeroHedge [1] (a financial-professionals website) takes a look at the numbers on bogus Social Security numbers and payments to "undocumented workers," and gapes.
He's not quite willing to take the red pill, [2] though:
It's tempting to look at these comparisons and reach a conclusion that America could move the needle on unemployment by eliminating undocumented workers. As a practical matter I don't think that is possible, nor would it be desirable.
(His emphasis.) Why not?
Links:
[1] http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-01-17/immigration-and-social-security
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red_pill_and_blue_pill&oldid=534512220