Your questions. Experts’ answers What's the economic impact of illegal immigration? Why target employers?

We invited readers to submit their questions about illegal immigration, and picked some of the best ones to pass on to our panel of experts -- an immigration attorney, an economist specializing in immigration issues and a border security expert (click on their names to see their credentials). Their answers follow:

Q: What is the net economic impact of illegal immigrants? Do the goods produced outweigh the hard costs of having the illegals in the United States? If illegals paid taxes at the same participation rate and proportional amount as resident taxpayers, would the United States be money ahead to let the illegals stay and obtain citizenship?

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[Posted by Marina Guastucci]