Illegal Children Treated to Ponies, Petting Farms, Guitar Lessons and More: Costing US Taxpayers About $1000.00 a Day Per Child . One of the contractors housing some of the surge of illegal immigrant children from this summer offers them a petting zoo with miniature ponies, a tilapia fish farm operation and guitar lessons, according to documents released Thursday by a senator who questioned whether the plush accommodations were a good use of taxpayers' money.  more at url