Thanks Hank. Now get me closer to understanding if you will. Under what federal acts or programs does US send those buckets of money to the cities, and under what programs do the cities dole it out to undocumented immigrants. Seriously, given all the possible ways gov'ts can piss money down a rathole, why does any city decide it's in its best interest (gov't always acts in its best interest, right?) to dole out loads of money to undocumented immigrants? What does a city get out of the deal?