▲ 1745 ▼ Reactionaries and inconsistency are a match made in heaven (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 121 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I mean you're wrong, with an IRS issued ITIN undocumented immigrants pay federal taxes amounting to $6 billion a year... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Melkath@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) This is a well formed counter for my tax argument. That said, I question how many illegal immigrants are actually going through these processes as opposed to ones who dont do it because they are afraid of ICE. Creating a registry for illegal immigrants isn't a solution. Easy and cheap road to citizenship is a solution. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago No disagreement, but the fact so many sign up despite the risk is pretty amazing. It completely destroys the don't pay taxes, don't want to contribute argument, Most hope by doing this they will prove they want to be law abiding citizens when it comes to a hearing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Melkath@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) This is a well formed counter for my tax argument. That said, I question how many illegal immigrants are actually going through these processes as opposed to ones who dont do it because they are afraid of ICE. Creating a registry for illegal immigrants isn't a solution. Easy and cheap road to citizenship is a solution. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago No disagreement, but the fact so many sign up despite the risk is pretty amazing. It completely destroys the don't pay taxes, don't want to contribute argument, Most hope by doing this they will prove they want to be law abiding citizens when it comes to a hearing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago No disagreement, but the fact so many sign up despite the risk is pretty amazing. It completely destroys the don't pay taxes, don't want to contribute argument, Most hope by doing this they will prove they want to be law abiding citizens when it comes to a hearing. permalink fedilink source parent
