Immigration

[HairOfTheDog]

If they're employed and get integrated into the tax system, no problem with amnesty here either.

Now . . . can anyone enlighten the rest of the class where they obtained the documents to obtain employment and pay said taxes?

Not I.

I am assuming that they are not currently paying taxes. One of the requirements for amnesty should be that they get integrated into the tax system, imo.

Of course, that means that their currently illegal employers would also have to go legit and there are employer taxes that would have to be paid too. It could make using immigrants a much less profitable (or even viable) option for these employers as the costs of labor increases to minimum wage and the tax burden is placed upon them too.

Would that help or hurt the economy overall? I honestly don't know. I know the struggles of operating with a very slim profit margin; I don't know how many employers of illegals could afford to go legit and stay in biz.

Complex issue. My agreement with amnesty and integration into the tax system is conceptual only. I'd hope that the amnesty policy makers are all over the analysis and details.