re: Why are immigrants sneaking past the Mexican border bad from an economics standpoint?

If we didn’t have a gigantic welfare state and were a true free market economy that allows the free movement of labor and competition for wages, it wouldn’t be bad. Immigrant labor would come based on demand.

That’s not the case and our system is taking care of these illegals with taxpayer money all while not allowing companies to hire them. So it’s a drain on resources