Here’s your proof. it’s just the tip of the iceberg, USAToday is certainly more liberal leaning so hope it’s a good enough source for ya, but I can use other sources if you like. A few things to note:
1) hopefully we can agree that the illegals coming here aren’t significantly contributing to the financial, real estate, tech companies, and manufacturing - those are very difficult for illegals to get jobs in without documentation.
2) hopefully we can also agree they are mostly participating in the agricultural/farming industry.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...5th-largest-economy-beating-out-uk/583508002/
Key takeaway:
“All economic sectors except agriculture contributed to California’s higher GDP”
In other words - not only are illegal immigrants costing federal taxpayers across the country, the entire argicultural industry in CA isn’t a top contributor to its GDP. All the subsidies, discounted water leases, etc... for farmers, still not enough.
But let’s not stop there:
Based on above, we know illegals don’t contribute to GDP, but, do they do any harm? Are illegals even a problem at all? Remember, CA has 2.2 million illegals, the most in the country. First link below shows for overall GDP, CA is the #1 state. But if you look at it by Per Capita, CA drops to #8.
All states with high GDP and high illegals drop significantly when calculated by Per Capita except NY because their financial services (Wall Street) is just such a huge player. There is a significant inverse correlation on GDP Per Capita and Illegal population. In layman speak, if illegals were helping boost GDP, ie the economy, GDP Per Capita ranking would go up with more illegals. If they are hurting the economy, GDP Per Capita ranking will go down. It clearly goes down.
GDP by State:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_GDP
GDP Per Capita by State: CA & Texas drop
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP_per_capita
Unauthorized Immigrant Populations by State:
https://www.pewhispanic.org/interactives/u-s-unauthorized-immigrants-by-state/
Bottom line, yes the US is winning, CA has some very strong players, but it’s not because of illegals.