Is it against the law for U.S Citizens  to work under the table as we undocumented supposedly do ?
970393
It is against the law when people try to avoid reporting their income and not paying taxes as they should. And don't say as you supposedly do. It is a fact that there are undocumented workers who get paid under the table.
211349
Contact the Immigrations office near you or your local police department should be able to direct you in the proper direction.  Do not get too discouraged if they do not respond very quickly as they are head over heals in backlogged work.  Illegal Aliens is a big issue with the American Public, however as with everything else we do not hire enough people to get the job done properly.  The saddest part of this is that Illegal Aliens do take American Jobs, however they are the Jobs that Americans won't take themselves and need to be done in order for our economy to work properly.  The Illegal Alien is paid less than an American would be paid and are happy to get it.  The way they are treated here in America you would think that they would be happy to be deported and get away from us.
658063
I totally agree with you.  By law, employers aren't supposed to hire anyone who cannot legally work in the United States.  When one is hired, one fills out paperwork and gives the documentation proving that they were either born or naturalized US citizens or that they are legally able to work in this country.\n\nThe employers who hire the illegal immigrants are doing so by not filling out any of the paperwork, which is a criminal offense, and paying all of their labor in cash.  \n\nKeep in mind that no paperwork means no payroll taxes of any kind (FICA, Social Security, Medicare, etc.) are being paid by or on behalf of these illegal workers.   This means that no contributions are being made into the system from which these people will be expecting to draw benefits.
735835
Mexican foreign nationals who work in this country ARE paying for Social Security and other "taxes".  The American employers who criminally invite and hire undocumented foreign nationals withhold those taxes and Social Security from their pay and keep it for themselves.
397657
No. Employing undocumented aliens is illegal, so if you deduct those costs it's called tax fraud.
348527
i know that i am a social worker.  I also don't like illegals but i hate when people don't get their facts straight.  They hear what someone else says and they  just run with it never doing research themselves.  I do believe that many illegals get fake documents and SSI numbers in order to work and get aid but it is not the majority.  They mainly come here work really hard (under the table).9
332873
I think you only get paid if your an illegal immigrate working under the table. But you have to write the INS and tell them who your working for and where you are living before you get paid.
467030
Yeah, but they have to eat. If they can't get a better job because they don't have the papers then how can you say no to a job that exploits you but gives you enough to at least eat?\n\nA friend of mine works at a country club. She just started and she's already thinking of quiting. Her boss is sexually harassing her. She's gonna sue his ass and is trying to get the other girls who work with her and who have received the same treatment to testify. The problem is nobody wants to because they are illegal and will get deported if they do. They stay there because they don't have any other job to go and they have to send the money and help their family's back home. \n\nThis kind of thing makes me very sad and angry but that's just how life is. Just be thankful you will never have to be in their shoes, or at least pray that you don't.
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I'm tired of the stereotype that Americans wouldn't do the work that illegals do. Illegals do all kinds of jobs for less than minimum wage which drive the wages down for U.S. citizens. Construction jobs are an example. There are lots of illegals doing construction jobs that Americans used to do because the companies can keep more of the profits if they pay less for the workers. All that does is make companies wealthier and Americans poorer. Illegals are stealing jobs that Americans have done for years.
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The reason is that, they are considering both sides of the coin. Ilegal aliens work in restaurants (cooking, washing dishes, cleaning bathrooms, etc, for low wages). The truth is that employers don't want to hire U.S. Citizens because U.S. Citizens want more money. So, let's say that they hire U.S. Citizens for 50% more in they paycheck than Ilegal aliens. Than increase would be reflected in the price of the goods or services. Can you imagine drivers,cooks,construction laborers, janitors, plumbers etc?\nWe complain about the problem, but we don't want high prices on most products and services.\nThe politicians are evaluting the problem, but most likely they have to come with some kind of guest worker program, to help businesses succeed and not fail.\nOtherwise who is going to do those jobs for minimum wages?\nAnother thing is Taxes. Ilegals pay taxes for groceries, gasoline, insurance, utility bills, licence plates, etc.\nCan you imagine how much money those people generate to most States?. Believe or not Millions of dollars that help the economy of the United States.\nWe definitely want that problem solved without a high price.
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Yes, they are human beings after all, and do a lot of the jobs that legal citizens wouldn't for the wages paid. Ms China up here must be a Republican, because to think that illegal alliens are responsible for taxes going up it's totally misleading.\n\nFirst: Illegal Immigrants pay millions of dollars in taxes each year, that are never refunded, because they are afraid that if they file, they'll get busted.\n\nSecond: You couldn't afford to stay in a hotel, have fresh produce at your local grocery store, or go to your local McDonalds to have a cheese burger if it weren't for all the illegals! They make it possible for you and me to have all these services for a lot less, due to their minimal wage jobs! \n\nAproximatelly 90% of migrant workers are comprised of illegal alliens! Good luck getting your fresh fruits and veggies delivered to your table.\n\nThe same is true to the meat packaging industry...forget your oscar myer hotdogs and spam...The wetbacks package all that for us too!\n\nSo before you go bathmouthing the illegals, think about how much money would you like to be paid to clean up a publick restroom, or take out the trash from a hospital, or spend all day out in the scorching sun picking up produce! \n\nThese people don't want to come here to get a free-ride, they bust their ass out, doing grunt jobs nobody wants, because they want to be able to feed their families. \n\nTaxes are raised, because a lot of real American's live beyond their means, by filling bankruptcy and overcharging their credit cards! Who do you think ends up paying for that? The tax payers do.\n\nThe politicians, by messing  up all budgets, and overspending with really futile things, such as a bigger retirement plan for themselves...or let's say our beloved Hillary Rodham Clinton which charges the secret service $10,000.00 a month to rent a house to the secret service agents, that guard her huge mansion in NY. Which coincidentaly matches her monthly mortage. Who pays the secret service? We the tax payers do!\n\nOf course the Politicians wants us to think that the illegal alliens are the root of all evil, because that takes the heat off them! This country was build on the backs of immigrants, and it's up to us to fix this mess.
316892
No way!!  Some people have a choice of whether to work or not, such as the wealthy.  Sometimes they don't have a choice, most of us, and we work. If we don't work and don't have a good reason for not working,  we do without food  and housing (homeless). If we are disabled, have mental problems or severe illnesses, we have Government assistance for them. If a single parent, with low income, of a child under school age needs to stay home, he/she can get assistance and not work. OF COURSE they would remain CITIZENS.\n\nWhere would they deport a USA citizen to if the USA is their home of origin?
367816
No of course not.\n\nIf you have even a reasonable education you are in little danger of losing your job to an illegal.  It's just blatant conservative scare tactics at work.\n\nOutsourcing is a totally different issue.  Guess that's what "globalization" means, though ...
690293
The question was asked incorrectly.  What American citizens have against undocumented illegals is that we work and pay taxes, they don't.  We are already supporting our countries' homeless and welfare people and now we have to take care of the illegals also?  They want the same benefits that others get then all we ask is that they follow the same rules and laws that we as Americans follow.  Become a US Citizen, pay taxes, work, what is so hard about that.  Go back to the 40s, the people from Ellis Island were documented, worked and helped to make this country what it is today.
686955
It will still be the issue of enforcement. We have a guest worker program. If they enforced the laws we would not be in this situation.
699669
There have been reported cases of people who have submitted papers, had background checks done and been found to be above board have been turned down, or deported, because they don't meet the financial eligibility rules ... which is ironic, since the illegals tend to use the catchphrase "they are here for a better life" ... \n\nWhile all the rules pertaining to immigration should be observed, I do find it ironic that a lot of people have a bleeding heart for those who blatantly ignore the rules, but not a word being said about those who try and follow the rules and fail ... at least the latter TRY to do it legally ...
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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.