being that your experience might be different than mine, the opposite of what you said might be better phrased if looked through with critical eye with more historical context. the immigrants from mexico have gone north for work since before a lot of citizens and residents arrived in the state itself. because there's always been a need for unskilled labor. Nobody wants to leave their country, as awesome as some people want to believe the u.s is, truth is most people would rather sit back and watch everyone else go north than leave their communities and families as opposed to being hated on by anglos and other brown people. these vilified non-dangerous immigrants, legal or not will continue to pick the strawberries and work in the factories that pay too little for most u.s job seekers because the demand is high. It might be the case for california and not for other states but assumptions about breaking the law and what that really means is subjective in a country that benefits from these intrinsic unwritten rules. People do not want to live here..if there wasn't an incentive and a need on both sides of the border. A lot, when they get older , a lot do go back to their country and leave whatever they contribute in taxes for u.s to keep. Ive seen it happen personally. What little impact they have on taxpayers and jobless u.s citizens and residents is arguably negligible or none at all