America's Need For Green (Illegal Aliens Paying Taxes)

Did you know undocumented immigrants are afforded the opportunity to apply for an individual taxpayer identification number from the Internal Revenue Service every year? What exactly is an individual taxpayer identification number is the next question you may have. It’s a number issued to undocumented immigrants that permits the individual to pay taxes on his/her yearly wages. In the states of Utah, Rhode Island, North Carolina, and New Mexico undocumented immigrants holding a tax number are also allowed to apply for a driver’s license, and open a bank account at a financial institution. (http://www.cbs.news.com/stories/2003/04/14/politics/main%20549153.shtml)

Currently, there are 9 million illegal aliens here in the United States. Although, we continue to face the problems with immigrants migrating here illegally do you honestly feel that the individual taxpayer identification is encouraging or discouraging for immigrants to continue to come to America? Many of us believe that immigrants see America as the land of opportunity. When the undocumented immigrants arrive they are often forced to accept employment in job fields where they are frequently under paid for their services.

Although, some are underpaid they are willing to pay taxes to our government in hopes of expediting their path to naturalization/citizenship. In a previous blog entry, I discussed how America’s greed would continue to encourage immigrants to migrate here to America. This article supports some of my views in that it discusses how America is willing to accept some of these immigrants if they are willing to contribute to our economy.

When an undocumented immigrant opens a checking or savings account at a financial institution banks have the potential to earn interest off the money in the accounts. Personally, I believe immigrants should pay taxes as we all do. Seeing myself as a fair person, I don’t believe those who are paid beneath the legal minimum wage rate should pay taxes. If, they have a very low income can they really afford to pay taxes like the rest of us?

Also, how do you feel about the undocumented immigrants receiving returns as we do? Do they deserve to receive money for claiming other children who may be illegal aliens as well? Should they be allowed to claim assistance benefits because they pay taxes? What are the pro’s and con’s to illegal immigrants paying taxes?

The last thing I want to share with you is absolutely astonishing. According to the law, the IRS is prohibited from sharing information about the illegal aliens to other federal immigration officials/agencies? Why is that? Shouldn’t we be entitled to know where the illegal immigrants reside? Who are the companies that are employing these immigrants? Will the employers be penalized for hiring these immigrants?

In conclusion, after reading this blog you truly have to question our government about the need for the green. How are we to say that we discourage illegal aliens from coming to our country yet, issue tax numbers? In some aspect are we condoning people breaking the law?