“The Price That We Pay” – Undocumented Immigrants and Taxation.

Truthout has the first of a three part series on immigration —  “The Price That We Pay” – Undocumented Immigrants and Taxation.  Check out the anti-immigrant comments that deny the fact that many undocumented immigrants pay taxes and contribute to the Social Security system (from which they almost assuredly will never collect benefits).  Here is a particularly irritating example:

“Illegal immigrants do not pay taxes. They are a drag on the economy not a boost. Show me documented proof of any one illegal immigrant who has paid income tax. Sure they pay sales tax when they purchase retail items, but that is all. Show me documented proof of any one illegal immigrant who has paid taxes. I challenge you! This is left wing bs.”

For reasoned analysis of undocumented immigration and the federal tax system, see the scholarship of Professor Francine Lipman.

KJ