Democrats bark that we must not defend our borders from foreign invasion because despite making heavier use of welfare than American citizens, illegal aliens benefit the economy. Sure enough, some of them do generate wealth. Fox News presents an example:

Five Mexican nationals were indicted on federal drug trafficking and weapons charges this week after authorities discovered a clandestine methamphetamine lab in Northern California, leading to the seizure of nearly 3,000 pounds of the drug, officials said.

A ton and a half of meth is big business. At least these illegals weren’t collecting welfare. Then again, maybe they were.

The Department of Justice said a federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment Thursday against Luis Reyna Carrillo, 33, Mariana Vanessa Mendoza Camacho, 33, Juan Jesus Manriquez Diaz, 31, Alvaro Rosales, 44, and Manuel Juan Madrid Perez, 38, charging them with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine and multiple drug trafficking and gun offenses.

All of them were in the country illegally, taking advantage of California’s sanctuary state policies and Democrat hostility to the enforcement of immigration law.

On a tip from R F.