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The tax system collects its due, even from a class of workers with no ability to claim a refund and no hope of drawing a Social Security check.

Illegal immigrants are paying taxes to Uncle Sam, experts agree. The latest figures available indicate it will amount to billions of dollars in federal income, Social Security and Medicare taxes this year. One rough estimate puts the amount of Social Security taxes alone at around $9 billion per year.

Paycheck withholding collects much of the federal tax from illegal workers, just as it does for legal workers.

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Illegals pay taxes. Sales taxes when they buy stuff, and indirect property taxes when they rent. Also gas taxes if they drive. These are the major sources of local revenue.

If the illegal presents a social security number and driver's license (both stolen, not fake), they pay taxes under that person's name (but cannot receive the benefits or refunds those taxes pay for).

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I wouldn’t be surprised, if the percentage of illegals who pay taxes on the federal level is greater than the percentage of Americans who pay taxes on the federal level. Almost 30 percent of Americans, through various tax credits and exemptions and so forth, don’t pay taxes on the federal level.

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These people if allowed a fair path to legal status could be exactly what the economic doctors ordered as far as our tax base, our social security system and our economy. Immigrants are the ultimate consumers because they start over in this land, needing many things.

By putting them on the path of legality, they would freely spend, freely work and we would benefit from the taxes and other areas where their dollars could help our system. Historic economic trends have shown that immigrants actually increase the number of jobs in the nation once a wave strikes as they open business and create micro-economies in their communities which flow out to everyone.

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Crime fighting is more efficient if you focus on the people actually actively committing obvious crime

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