Darrell West : Campaign ads appeal to fears on immigration and spread bad information . Illegal immigrants pay taxes , give billions to Social Security but never get citizenship , he writes . West says the cost of deporting the 11 million illegal immigrants would be astronomical . Google , Yahoo , eBay , and Intel are among the companies with immigrant founders or co-founders . Access to citizenship would add $ 1.5 trillion to the U.S. economy over 30 years , he says .
Darrell West : Campaign ads appeal to fears on immigration and spread bad information . Illegal immigrants pay taxes , give billions to Social Security but never get citizenship , he writes . West says the cost of deporting the 11 million illegal immigrants would be astronomical . Access to citizenship would add $ 1.5 trillion to the U.S. economy over 30 years , he says .