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[Skyon Archer]

Illegal aliens cross into our country and immediately apply for food stamps, medicaid, housing vouchers and any other form of government subsidy they can.

These illegal's can obtain all type of lawful tax payer provided benefits. For example, in New York state:
1. it is possible for illegal aliens to obtain legal hunting and fishing privileges in New York State, as well as access to all state parks
2. As a result of a 1982 Supreme Court decision, states are required to provide K-12 public education for students without legal immigrant status.
3. New York State law requires that hospitals treat everyone who requires emergency care.
4. illegal immigrants are eligible for workers' compensation, but not unemployment insurance.
5. Hospitals have a responsibility to treat patients with emergency medical conditions, including mental illnesses.
6. Whether illegal aliens can obtain state benefits is not clear-cut. The short answer appears to be that they are not legally entitled to most benefits, but do in fact receive them.
7. A fair interpretation of the federal statute and state regulation must result in the conclusion that illegal aliens should not receive any form of state public assistance. However, illegal aliens do, in fact, receive state public benefits. That's because the burden of determining lawful status in the U.S. is on the shoulders of county social services employees who have neither the legal jurisdiction nor the practical ability to determine one's immigration status. Only an immigration official or federal worker whom the Secretary of Homeland Security has authorized may determine the immigration status of a person in the country.
Source: US State Senator James L. Seward

Illegal aliens cross into our country and receive medical care, education, government assistance, and much more, yet do not contribute to the tax base that provides most of the money for these services.

$6 billion is only a small part of the $22.5 billion for the 2019 budget of Department of Homeland Security ($14.2 billion for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and $8.3 billion for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)). In 2018 their combined budget was $21.7 billion.
Source: Whitehouse FY19 Border Security Fact Sheet

The US is simply trying to stop the influx of illegals from entering the country. To do this, we want to COMPLETE the wall that's already there. Trump isn't looking to build some NEW, he's wanting to finish the job. Remember that in October of 2016 the US passed the Secure Fence Act of 2006 which Congress put aside $1.4 billion to build 654 miles of barrier from California to Texas. Trump wants $6 billion to complete the remaining 1,354 miles requested.

Like I said in my previous post, there are a lot of countries in the world that have walls on their borders: