Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] International Legal Advice?

[Mikhail Kovalenko <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Jonathan King wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Mikhail Kovalenko wrote:
> 
> > The trouble starts when some "caring" folks start rallying for social
> > services and driver's licenses for illegal immigrants. So you and I end
> > up paying for them because they don't have to pay taxes. If you have a
> > driver's license in the US, you're pretty much perceived by most as a
> > legal resident.  :(
> 
> But it's actually a bit more complicated than that.  In California,
> they discovered a couple of things in the post-prop-187 world that
> were a bit surprising.  The first was that a lot more of the
> illegals/undocumenteds/whatever actually were paying taxes, but not
> filing income tax returns and not really being eligible for things
> like SS.  Obviously, this doesn't apply to "under the table" jobs,
> but that's also a problem with employers, not just employees.

I certainly didn't mean to oversimplify, but my point was that illegal
immigration makes things harder for legal immigrants and citizens alike
(let alone terrorism worries). And then one may think, why should *I*
follow INS rules for years when the next guy is not going to *and* get
benefits? You may not agree with many of their rules but don't you think
they are there for a reason?

-- MK
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