This city is becoming the first in the nation to offer identification cards to illegal immigrants, trying to bring them out of the shadows even as many municipalities crack down on them.
Beginning Tuesday, New Haven will offer the ID cards to all of its 125,000 residents, including some 10,000 to 12,000 illegal immigrants.
The cards will allow immigrants to open bank accounts and use other services that may be unavailable without driver's licenses or state-issued IDs. If they can open bank accounts, immigrants will be less likely to carry large amounts of cash, a practice that makes them easy targets for robbers.
City officials say the cards will also encourage immigrants who are crime victims or witnesses to cooperate with police.
"The simple straightforward purpose here is to build a stronger community," Mayor John DeStefano said Monday. "You can't police a community of people who won't talk to our cops."
Opponents say the cards will encourage more illegal immigration.
---Yeah, I couldnt pass it up, it was on one of my news pages....do you think it is a good idea to give ID cards to illegals? I think this is yet just another way for an illegal immigrant to take advantage of what this country has to offer. I know people that cant even open bank accounts because of their bad credit history and here we are letting an illegal immigrant open one without a problem. You all know how I feel.---
4 comments:
if there money is trace able, it's also taxable.
Yeah, you can trace it all the way to the country they send it to.
Now, I'm no fiduciary scholar but if the money paid under the table I don't believe there is a mechanism in place to tax it once it's in the bank. Unless it's an interest bearing account, in which case they just have to pay a tax on the interest, not the principle. The earnings would have to be declared at tax time or there would have to be some kind of audit to determine income and then tax off of that.
Like some fucking illegal is gonna be smart enough to open up a bank account anyways. They live off of what they make and send the rest back to whenever they came from.
I just don't see a ton of illegals opening bank accounts, thats all.
And like Mike said, Id be willing to bet a lot of illegals get paid under the table...how can you tax that kind of money? Its not possible.
This is just another excuse that makes our Government look like fools while this nation continues to be raped by a bunch of criminals.
"If they can open bank accounts, immigrants will be less likely to carry large amounts of cash, a practice that makes them easy targets for robbers."
Just yet another example of how we will go out of our way to make others look better while our own get nothing.
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