It's not only about that. Goodness. 21 people arrested by ICE. Is that all that is read about?
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ICE raids 7-Eleven stores nationwide in crackdown officials call "a harbinger of what’s to come"
- Thread starter Tovarisc
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I just read a story about a 39 year old man from Detroit being sent back to Mexico. He was brought here by his parents when he was 10 and kept getting extended stays for the last several year and has finally heen deported. What I would like to know, from age 10 to 39, why did he not try to get permanent residency or citizenship? Is it very difficult to do so in America?
Impossible without leaving as he was already in the states illegally.
there's no path to residency while considered an 'illegal' immigrant
you have to enter the country with the intent on becoming a citizen, therefore you have to do it legally to have that be an option for you.
So out of dozens of raids that sound like they were very expensive to conduct these fucktards ended up with only 21 arrests?
Defund ice.
Defund ice.
This just seems monumentally petty. I mean these people are here, contributing to society and working at freaking 7/11. Deporting them does what good for the country and the local community exactly? Couldn't they use these resources to try and find cartel members engaged in drug or sex trafficking instead?
Thanks you two. That really sucks. They should work our a system allowing these folks to apply, get registered and then live legally. Make it a win/win for everyone.
Wait, these are working, tax paying people? But are just 'undocumented'?
How can a tax payer be undocumented?
How can a tax payer be undocumented?
The quick explanation is that the IRS only cares about making sure required taxes are paid - they don't care about the citizenship status of a person, or the legality of income earned (so if you're a hitman or drug dealer, the IRS still wants you to pay tax on that income - see the famous example of Al Capone evading the law but eventually getting busted by the IRS).
So if an undocumented worker uses a fake SSN, or an SSN of someone they know, then their employer submits W4/W2 forms with that SSN, the IRS will notice discrepancies in how the name/SSN don't match, but just shrug it off since their concern is collecting taxes, not enforcing immigration laws.
Undocumented workers get fucked over, since they're paying into Social Security but can't receive SS benefits.
Yep. As well as taxes that come straight out of their paycheck. So state, federal, social security, medicare, etc.
I might be wrong here, but I don't think undocumented workers get tax refunds so the government ends up getting more money from them.
Tax laws don't care. You can still get a tax payer Id number, and pay taxes. You are also supposed to report income from illegal activities like embezzling or drug dealing. You can even deduct the expenses of your legal fees for your criminal activities.
Thanks for the clarification.
Sad situation really. I wonder how many undocumented, tax paying people there are out there, against the number of documented unemployed people?
Are we talking large numbers?
Sad situation really. I wonder how many undocumented, tax paying people there are out there, against the number of documented unemployed people?
Are we talking large numbers?
that's what the 2016 election was about
it would have happened with clinton
a lot of people in this country think differently i guess
Yea one officer going store to store just asking for forms that were pre-requested might have worked better. But then again if they were being paid in cash off the books it might be a different story
I wonder if it will cost more to raise wages enough to attract legal workers versus just hiring more illegals and then getting raided.