> On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 21:33:43 +0000, crg14624
> wrote:
>
> >> On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:04:50 +0000, crg14624
> >> wrote:
> >> >> On 9 Sep 2004 11:01:08 -0700, heyimjustcurious@yahoo.com
> >> >> (curious)
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >codyVA wrote in message
> >> >> >news:<34$253262$1650863$1094711475@britishexpats.com>...
> >> >> >> > The people at the border are generally looking for three
> >> >> >> > types
> >> >> >> > of
> >> >> >> > violators. Terrorists, smugglers, and illegal aliens.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > You're high up on their list of priorities.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> thanks everyone, my hypothetical case has been solved. I bet
> >> >> >> we
> >> >> >> helped a
> >> >> >> lot of people to realize not to work illigaly and even more,
> >> >> >> not
> >> >> >> to
> >> >> >> keep
> >> >> >> any records :)
> >> >> >I think that most people who work illegally get paid in cash
> >> >> >and
> >> >> >those
> >> >> >who gets check (in case the employer turns a blind eye) do not
> >> >> >deposit
> >> >> >these checks into their bank account.
> >> >> If they get paid in cash, why do they get phoney SS numbers?
> >> >> >I used to wonder why people would go to grocery store t cash
> >> >> >their
> >> >> >paychecks.
> >> >They need the phoney SSN for credit cards, mortgages, medicaid,
> >> >and
> >> >sometimes for drivers licenses.
> >> But they don't use the SSNs for their pay? Just everything else?
> >Some of them use it for their pay as well. The IRS just wants
> >the money.
> >I recall a guy whose mother told him he was born in Colorado and gave
> >him a social security card stamped into a piece of metal with his
> >name
> >on it. These metal cards were common, people could order them from
> >private companies I believe. The guy was working, married, owned a
> >home, and was voting. He went to claim a social security benefit and
> >the social security investigators came and arrested him. It turned
> >out
> >he was a Canadian and didn't even know it. The immigration judge
> >allowed him voluntary departure and he moved back to Canada with his
> >US
> >citizen wife.
> >If the government really wanted to round these people up, they could
> >start filling buses with them. They leave paper trails and are very
> >easy to catch and locate.
>
>
> You'll get no argument to that. The problem is the sheer numbers. The
> only solution I see is to put extremely harsh penalties on employers
> of illegals so that the risk becomes sufficiently higher than the
> benefit.
The country really doesn't have the stomach to have mass deportations.
Most people speak tough about a crackdown until they hear the details
and the sob story, then they wimp out. They start trying to pick and
choose who stays and who doesn't and they want to exempt people. They
don't understand that exempting a person in a certain situation can have
a snowball effect when it creates a precedent decision.
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