You forgot to mention the money they are earning illegally.
I DID mentioned some would be getting paid cash in hand. Most however go and get TIN numbers as they are just hard working people trying to get ahead, they want "some" security and up until now this has been going on for years with governments both Red & Blue encourage migration from Mexico to provide Labor for low wage jobs most people refuse to do.
Why?
Because of their value to the economy.
No body wants people who commit real crimes, any non resident and maybe even any non citizen who commit crimes should face deportation but why are those contributing to the US economy also being targeted?
Why are even US citizens are being targeted, handcuffed, forced to lay on the floor and are held in custody?
Is it racial profiling? It seems to be happening to anyone looking the slightest bit Hispanic (ie Mexican, Columbian, Venezuelan, Nicaraguan, Costa Rican etc) are being rounded up including American citizens. It's also come out that Native Americans are being racially profiled as some look similar to Mexicans.
In one case an indigenous male was taken from his workplace by ICE.
When asked for I.D he provided evidence that he was of American Indian blood (It is an official card that proves the person has Native American blood, it also contains a photo of the holder & their birth date) A lot of Native Americans that live on reservations where born there. They may not have a birth certificate, they may not have a driver's licence or other documents, it's common. The guy proved he was more "American" than the ICE agents that picked him up.
So far Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon is way behind in the weekly & daily totals for deportations compared to the average for Biden during 2024. In Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon's purge so far, out of all those set for deportation only 50%
of whom are convicted criminals. In contrast not only was Biden deporting people faster than Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon is now yet 75% of them ARE convicted criminals.
* You can look them up. They've been reported in the media and are still (for now anyway) on US government web sites. ICE itself publishes the names of everyone they arrest, as well as the numbers detained on a daily basis etc.