Do illegal immigrants pay income taxes?
403527
Given the fact that I have worked as a manager over some illegals, the social security numbers they have are valid, just stolen. They buy them mostly in Chicago along with birth certificate and identification. They usually claim about 12 exemptions on their taxes, that way no taxes are taken out and most of them do not try to file at the end of the year. A few of my hubby's close friends have filed even though they are illegals, but it was because their children had valid US social security numbers. They got a little back. Don't always just assume they don't have valid SSN, because like I said, most do they are just stolen and resold. Sometimes, I would have three or four of them using the same SSN and had to turn them away. Most DO NOT work under the table, as stated before. They work jobs most of us Americans don't want to do. My hubby is hispanic, but still believes they should pay taxes. I think it's ok they are here, they just need to pay taxes like the rest of us and not be allowed state insurance, food stamps, or TANF.
587341
Aren´t taxes deducted from ppls pay checks???If so that means they also pay taxes,,,
521138
I am fed up with illegal Mexicans up to my eyeballs.  They rip off the public school system without paying and you cannot tell me that when they work for cash  with no SSN at the end of the day they are going to ever bother filing a tax return.\n\nThe great irony here is that if these stupid idiots became legal and filed a legitimate tax return, if they had a fairly large family (3 kids or so) they could not only still pay no taxes but get a windfall payment for earned income and child tax credits for as much as $3,000 - $4,000 a year.  So the dumb suckers are screwing themselves, mainly, which is fine with me.  If a million illegals got $3,000 each at tax time that would be an additional $3 BILLION from the pockets of other taxpayers.\n\n\nWoop de doo.  Send em back anyway, we don't need em; they are parasites in the system.
203412
Kendog; first of all, you should try researching your information before opening the hole in front of your face called your mouth. Per the source below, "Immigrants pay between $90 and $140 billion a year in federal, state, and local taxes. Undocumented immigrants pay income taxes as evidenced by the Social Security Administration’s “suspense file” which grew by $20 billion between 1990 and 1998. Immigrants come to work and reunite with family members and their labor participation is consistently higher than native-born. Immigrant workers also make up a larger share of the U.S. labor force (12.4%) than they do the U.S. population (11.5%)." This, in case you didn’t thoroughly understand, basically means that immigrants contribute greatly to the success of this country. And just in case you didn't have a dictionary at home, it's spelled "I-L-L-E-G-A-L". Not illeagle...
1184415
Yes, because everyone who works in this country pays for the services run by the government through taxes whether they use the resources or not. Illegal aliens drive on our roads, dial 911 for emergency services, use our courts, receive social security, receive welfare and medical care, reside in our prisons. depend on our government to fight for their rights and the list goes on and on. These services aren't for free. Taxes are raised to pay for it. If we have to pay for these services why shouldn't they have to?
1064570
There're not a bargin for the American taxpayers.Illegal alien workers may increase profits for employers, but they are costly to the American taxpayer. Most illegal aliens have low educational attainment, few skills, and they work for low wages, often in the underground economy where they pay no taxes on their earnings. Since about three million illegal aliens gained legal status in the amnesty of 1986, the flow of illegal immigration has increased, and today that population is estimated at 9-11 million illegal alien residents in the country. The former Immigration and Naturalization Service estimated that the illegal alien population was increasing by about half a million aliens per year in 2000. \n\n\nBecause the number of illegal aliens can only be estimated, similarly the fiscal cost (government budget outlays) for those aliens can only be estimated. Dr. Donald Huddle, a Rice University economics professor, published a systematic analysis of those costs as of 1996. The study also estimated the tax payments of those same aliens. \n\nAt that time, the illegal alien population was estimated to be about five million persons. The estimated fiscal cost of those illegal aliens to the federal, state and local governments was about $33 billion. This impact was partially offset by an estimated $12.6 billion in taxes paid to the federal, state and local governments, resulting in a net cost to the American taxpayer of about $20 billion every year. This estimate did not include indirect costs that result from unemployment payments to Americans who lost their jobs to illegal aliens willing to work for lower wages. Nor did it include lost tax collections from those American workers who became unemployed. The study estimated those indirect costs from illegal immigration at an additional $4.3 billion annually. \n\nStill think we're getting a bargin?
722294
There are no benefits. Without illegal immigrants there would probably be less taxes for us taxpaying citizens (they don't pay income tax, and they cost us taxpayers fifty billion dollars a year), there would be less unemployment for American citizens, higher wages, less crime, and fewer illegal drugs brought into this country. The majority of illegal drugs brought into this country are brought in by illegal Mexican immigrants. In the beginning it might have been mostly the jobs that American citizens didn't want that they were doing but that isn't true anymore. I'm a construction worker and they have almost completely taken over the construction industry and if you can even find a job you have to take it at a lower pay just to compete with the illegal Mexican immigrants. They can work for less money than us and still bring home more money because they don't have to pay income tax. I think it should be a felony for American companies to hire illegal immigrants. They don't even have to have health insurance because they get free health care at the expense of us taxpaying citizens. The government won't give me free health care. They are here illegally and I don't think they should be rewarded for breaking the law.
402310
A lot of the answerers here are demonstrating that are both ignorant and racists, I don't know if it's worth explaining them again that 66% of the undocumented workers pay social security taxes they don't use and that illegal immigrants are a small fraction of the underground economy in the US that includes all the drugs, prostitution and illegal activities that are normal in this country.
176377
Yes, of course!! Because, many are married in Mexico and also have families here getting benefits; health care food stamps and subsided housing etc.  \nHow can anyone illegal, legals or citizens making low wages send money anywhere?? Do the math. They also "do not pay" taxes most don't make enough to pay taxes also many are paid under the table.  \n That is why we are selling out our country to foreign companies and countries we are going broke. With all the social and other problems and not enough taxes becauses wages aren't high enough to pay them to keep our econony going.\nAs long has we keep letting in poor, uneducated people legally and illegal it will only get worse Sad but true.\nThink about it!
397657
No. Employing undocumented aliens is illegal, so if you deduct those costs it's called tax fraud.
186851
Subtract the illegals, and you have none.\n\nBut in answer to your question,  ALL residents who had taxable income, paid income tax.  Assuming they filed a return.
1126310
Not all aliens are illegal.  People who follow the rules for entering the country are legal.  They do this by getting visas, becoming citizens, etc.  It is the people who do not have permission to come to this country that are called illegals.  They therefore are not following the law and do not pay taxes, but still benefit from the many things our country has to offer.  Basically you are welcome to come to this country, but you just have to do your paperwork.
645757
As far as taxes, it mostly depends on the employer.  Obviously, most employers retain payroll taxes and send them directly to the government.  The only difference in using a fake SS number is that the worker will never get to claim the social security benefits that he paid.  And someone who doesn't file a tax return simply won't get his refund.  Sen. McCain on the Senate floor today (5/18/06) estimated that illegal workers pay about $8 billion/year in taxes.\n\nAs far as "under the table" jobs where the employer doesn't do payroll taxes properly, Americans who do those jobs also tend not to pay taxes on the money either.  So it's more about the employers and the jobs than about immigrants.
1050014
Employers are supposed to withhold taxes from employees if there is a certain amount paid out, and are supposed to pay their own share.\n\nHowever, even when the poor  pay all applicable taxes, they are still subsidized, particularly in education and health care, by the middle class and wealthier taxpayers.  That is why poor immigrant numbers are limited to all countries where services are subsidized.  That is why coming in above the legal rate of immigration is stealing education and health care from our citizens.\n\nThe real facts are available including what illegals pay in to the system.  This is not a novel point, although it is a valid off-set.  Look it up through your browser.
275500
Listen up people and listen good. Illegal immigrants are not "draining the system" or "taking advantage" of the system!\n\nThe US Economy benefits from immigrants illegal or not! Why because the business's that hires them knows that the papers they have are fake but, they hire them anyways. These places use fake social security numbers and then takes taxes out the the illegal immigrants pay. Taxes help out America. \n\nIn turn, the illegal immigrants buy goods and services in this country which of course helps out the GNP. Also, Illegal immigrants and legal immigrants CANNOT even qualify for public assistance because they are not citizens. Illegal immigrants don't want to apply or use public resources because they don't want to get caught and deported. \n\nThose of you idiots out there who believe other wise need to get your heads out of your ass. Stop watching Fox News or CNN as your sole source of information and stop being a minon of the right wing. Left wingers also have to step off their high horse that laws need to be enforced and also realize that their are problems with illegal immigrants too. Some of them are scum that run drugs and committ crime and these people need to be deported or locked up.\n\nImmigrants legal or not made America a great country and immigrants work the jobs that most Amercian born or immigrants who have been here awhile would refuse to do. \nDon't be an idiot and scape-goat all immigrants as evil that will consume America. Our own greed and the selfish rich ass holes that are in the White House are the ones fucking up this country not illegal immigrants.
620690
Pro's are the same for all legal immigrants as are the cons. However illegal immigration, cost the taxpayers much to much money. Taxpayers foot the bill for attempts at keeping them out, for healthcare, for the welfare and food stamps when they are here, for incarceration when caught, for deportation and it's proceedings, and for the loss jobs to legal residents, through increased unemployment.
288921
unwanted immigration is different than illegal immigration. i assume you are trying to defend the hispanics crossing the border. i have no problem with them crossing the border as long as they pay taxes too. they recieve healthcare, education, and even social security - but pay nothing into the system. THERES A REASON WERE 7 TRILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT (other than the war). we should consider a high sales tax and no income tax - that way everybody is paying, and based on how much they spend too.