Monday, May 16, 2011

Myths and facts about immigrants

Undocumented immigrants pay taxes, they're not eligible for welfare programs, they have rights protected by the US Constitution, they are taxpayers.

Undocumented immigrants pay taxes in two ways -- income and sales taxes. In 2004, officials of the U.S. Social Security Administration testified that the Social Security Administration estimates undocumented immigrants paid about approximately $420 billion into the Social Security system. They have no way to claim the money, which was paid into the system using faked Social Security numbers. Immigrants, illegal or legal, buy things and pay sales taxes. Some undocumented immigrants also have tax numbers instead of Social Security numbers and pay taxes that way.

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