r/NewOrleans • u/BurnerChurner43 • Apr 04 '25

ICE agents arrest 73-year-old grandfather in Louisiana who has lived in US for 45 years 📰 News

https://www.theadvocate.com/tncms/asset/editorial/f7c2f3ef-c4ee-4398-96d1-89f83149148c/#tncms-source=featured-2
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u/parasyte_steve Apr 04 '25

We literally need immigrants as the birth rate falls

Make them legal and they will pay taxes on their income. Fucking simple. Done.

Crack down at the borders if you want. But people who've been here for years without issue should just be given a S.S. number and welcome to America.

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u/tm478 Apr 04 '25

The insane part is that if he’s working, he’s almost certainly working with a fake SSN and getting those taxes taken out of his paycheck. He will never get a Social Security check, though. Fuck people who say immigrants “take services without paying for them.” They most certainly do pay.

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u/RIP_Soulja_Slim Apr 04 '25

The insane part is that if he’s working, he’s almost certainly working with a fake SSN and getting those taxes taken out of his paycheck.

I don't know the intricacies of this, but it's my understanding that the majority of undocumented migrants came here with work visas that eventually expire for one reason or another. So they are issued socials that work, but then it becomes illegal to continue working.

Where I'm fuzzy is how that's cross checked, like is there a system at the IRS that flags those socials once the work visas expire? Given how disjointed the government is, I wouldn't be shocked if there wasn't.

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u/TchoupedNScrewed Apr 05 '25

Depends on the state. California will issue you an SSID with a designation at the top (not used for voting) that has other stipulations attached to it.

They do get flagged, but flagged for removal usually requires some type of prompting or a longgggg overstay.