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Yes because undocumented migrants are highly motivated to pay back the loan versus making a bunch of money and going back to their country of origin.

Also have you talked to any Gen Z or millennial? Most cannot afford housing, why in the world would you introduce even more demand for scarce housing?

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I am a millennial.

And supporting migrants isn't introducing new demand, it's just exposing the demand that's there. Like, the migrants are there and they need housing.

The us vs them attitude is an artificial division. We can, and should build housing for all.

They aren’t being handed $150,000 in unmarked bills. It’s loan assistance for a house which is pretty fucking difficult to throw into the back of a truck and haul over the border.

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