Did you miss immigrants in OKC today?

[wolf2006]

First of all, let me point out that that article is from an organization that wants a decrease of immigration into the United States, and it was written nearly 4 years ago. As for a couple of your specific documents.....

Through its issuance of Individual Tax Identification Numbers (ITINs), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) appears to be blind or indifferent to the reality that it has:


*created an official U.S. tax number that illegal aliens are using as identification, thereby making it easier for them to meld unnoticed into our society;

*provided an ID vehicle that advocates hope will be used to "regularize" illegal aliens;

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The IRS revised the W-7 for in 2004 in an attempt to stop this use of the ITIN as regular identification. It is intended to only be used as an identification for taxes.

Here is the announcement from the IRS:
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/...112728,00.html

*exceeded its traditional role as a tax receiver and processor by marketing the ITIN to illegal immigrant communities;


*failed to provide adequate safeguards to prevent illegal aliens from receiving tax benefits to which they are not entitled;

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As to these points, the federal law in America is that any person inside our borders, legal or not, is required to pay taxes. This program fulfills that requirement. The point where I agree with you more is that it seems strange to grant them benefits, but if they are paying the government, why shouldn't they receive some sort of benefit.

The purpose of the IRS is to collect taxes, not to police immigrants, and the ITIN allows them to simply follow the law. The IRS should not be expected to do the job of Immigration Services.

[MadMonk]

You mean like the countless businesses that employ illegals? Or how about all the families that have illegals cut their grass, mind their children and do the real work at most the restaurants and retail establishments in this country.

That's one part of it, yes. Take away the demand for illegal labor, and you take away one incentive to come here illegally.

The speeding analogy is a good one... The immigration laws are enforced about as often as someone is caught speeding and like that 'crime' everyone involved pretty much looks the other way because it's just not that big of a deal.

Its not a big deal until some dies from a speed-related accident. The laws are there for a reason. It's like if people who don't possess a license get into a car, go around speeding, and demand that they be allowed to do so with impunity - laws be damned.

If people really wanted to do something about this situation, they would stop employing illegals and stop patronizing stores and restaurants that do the same. Of course, that will never happen because despite all the rhetoric, Mr. and Mrs. American still want their cheap produce, to eat out several times a week and are always going to shop at the stores with the lowest prices, regardless of how they are acheived.

That's a good idea. But, as you said, if we want the problem to be solved, its not going to be cheap.

[quailcreekgal]

Why is this thread here anyway? Don't we have boards for poltical claptrap?

Do you mean "political"? It's in my English dictionary on page 854.
Read the original question. It was not political. It is a simple question based on my observations during my activities that day.