Shelby will correct me if I'm wrong.............
But I don't believe her argument was that illegal immigrants writ large are net contributors to the U.S. [[that's a separate discussion).
Rather her argument was that if you issue an estimate of costs for a given group, that it should read as NET costs in order to provide the most useful and accurate data.
Ergo if you count the cost of someone's education; you must count the revenue from the taxes they pay.
Pick a side, EITHER side, count both, or count neither.
In counting both, you may well show a net cost; but it would obviously be less than when you don't adjust for any taxation revenue.
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