Impact on wages for native low skilled
workers: Unauthorized immigrants provide a ready source of
manpower in agriculture, construction, food processing, building
cleaning and maintenance, and other low-end jobs.
Costs of education: Most
unauthorized immigrants are school-age population. They may also
require remedial assistance in language skills, which increases
costs to the public schools.
Health care: They can get
Medicaid coverage for health emergencies if they are in a category
of people otherwise eligible, such as children, pregnant women,
families with dependent children, elderly or disabled individuals,
and meet other requirements.