There are several ways that immigrants negatively impact the American economy. The main effect comes from undocumented immigrants, where they receive their profits mostly in cash, so they are not subject to the federal tax deduction, according to Andrew Wallace on The Immigration Debate. Some undocumented immigrants pay federal taxes because they have false information and barely earn anything and their contributions are insignificant. Many Americans argue that these immigrants are making the government lose money because they receive benefits from education to health care. In reality, though, the government isn't losing money because much of what undocumented workers earn is pumped back into the economy from their purchases and low anger that causes prices to be cut for Americans.