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   > >>>>>>>> receiving free money from these   
   > >>>>>>>> undocumented immigrants," said Marco   
   > >>>>>>>> Guzman, senior analyst at the institute.   
   > >>>>>>>> "They are contributing to a system they   
   > >>>>>>>> will not benefit from. Who is benefiting?   
   > >>>>>>>> It's American citizens."   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> For instance, the surge of immigrants   
   > >>>>>>>> in recent years is expected to boost   
   > >>>>>>>> Social Security's revenues by $348   
   > >>>>>>>> billion between 2024 and 2034,   
   > >>>>>>>> according to a Congressional Budget   
   > >>>>>>>> Office analysis released last year.   
   > >>>>>>>> Over the same period, these folks   
   > >>>>>>>> will collect only about $1 billion,   
   > >>>>>>>> the CBO projected.   
   > >>>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>> https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/01/politics/undocumented-   
   > immigrant   
   > >>>>>>>> s- social-security   
   > >>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>> CNN???  Really?   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Yes. Unless you have other figures to post?   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> Knowing that I cannot depend on CNN offering honest and accurate   
   > >>>>> information does not require anything beyond an understanding of   
   > >>>>> what CNN is.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> On the other hand, I've no issue with you believing whatever you   
   > >>>>> need to believe about CNN and what they tell you.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>Still can't post any figures, eh?   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>Maybe this will help you:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/   
   > >>>   
   > >>   
   > >>   Proof deleted by "Collectivism", restored.   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >>* Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and   
   > >>local taxes in 2022. Most of that amount, $59.4 billion, was paid to   
   > the   
   > >>federal government while the remaining $37.3 billion was paid to state   
   > >>and local governments.   
   > >>   
   > >>* Undocumented immigrants paid federal, state, and local taxes of   
   > $8,889   
   > >>per person in 2022. In other words, for every 1 million undocumented   
   > >>immigrants who reside in the country, public services receive $8.9   
   > >>billion in additional tax revenue.   
   > >>   
   > >>* More than a third of the tax dollars paid by undocumented immigrants   
   > >>go toward payroll taxes dedicated to funding programs that these   
   > workers   
   > >>are barred from accessing. Undocumented immigrants paid $25.7 billion   
   > in   
   > >>Social Security taxes, $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes, and $1.8 billion   
   > >>in unemployment insurance taxes in 2022.   
   > >>   
   > >>* At the state and local levels, slightly less than half (46 percent,   
   > or   
   > >>$15.1 billion) of the tax payments made by undocumented immigrants are   
   > >>through sales and excise taxes levied on their purchases. Most other   
   > >>payments are made through property taxes, such as those levied on   
   > >>homeowners and renters (31 percent, or $10.4 billion), or through   
   > >>personal and business income taxes (21 percent, or $7.0 billion).   
   > >>   
   > >>* Six states raised more than $1 billion each in tax revenue from   
   > >>undocumented immigrants living within their borders. Those states are   
   > >>California ($8.5 billion), Texas ($4.9 billion), New York ($3.1   
   > >>billion), Florida ($1.8 billion), Illinois ($1.5 billion), and New   
   > >>Jersey ($1.3 billion).   
   > >>   
   > >>* In a large majority of states (40), undocumented immigrants pay   
   > higher   
   > >>state and local tax rates than the top 1 percent of households living   
   > >>within their borders.   
   > >>   
   > >>* Income tax payments by undocumented immigrants are affected by laws   
   > >>that require them to pay more than otherwise similarly situated U.S.   
   > >>citizens. Undocumented immigrants are often barred from receiving   
   > >>meaningful tax credits and sometimes do not claim refunds they are owed   
   > >>due to lack of awareness, concern about their immigration status, or   
   > >>insufficient access to tax preparation assistance.   
   > >>   
   > >>* Providing access to work authorization for undocumented immigrants   
   > >>would increase their tax contributions both because their wages would   
   > >>rise and because their rates of tax compliance would increase. Under a   
   > >>scenario where work authorization is provided to all current   
   > >>undocumented immigrants, their tax contributions would rise by $40.2   
   > >>billion per year to $136.9 billion. Most of the new revenue raised in   
   > >>this scenario ($33.1 billion) would flow to the federal government   
   > while   
   > >>the remainder ($7.1 billion) would flow to states and localities.   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >>>  From a group that openly admits their bias......   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >>   And your "unbiased" proof to the   
   > >>contrary is......?   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > > Omly a moron like Hollowhead would post something from a self   
   > > described biased organization and call it proof.   
   >   
   >   
   >   Read your headers, I didn't post it.   
   >   
   >   Gads, you really ARE new at this, aren't you..........   
   >   
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   Yes you did. Stop being stupid.   
      
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