http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/27/immigrant.money/index.html
He knew he was here illegally.
He knew he was evading taxes.
Yet he thought that because he had a job, he was not breaking the law or somehow incapable of being a criminal.
Do illegal aliens believe that ignorance of the law is an excuse to break it?
2007-09-28 07:23:02 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
AND he violated federal customs laws by trying to remove over $10,000 from the country. He forfeits the entire amount just for that reason under the law. Illegal aliens think they can break as many laws as they want. That's what happens when a country fails to enforce their own laws.
Personally, I think all monies and properties should be seized whenever an illegal is located. The TRUE crime in this story is that this illegal is STILL IN THE COUNTRY a year later. It's about TIME he got deported. I just can't believe they let him stay that long after the fact. Amazing.
2007-09-28 07:31:33 · answer #1 · answered by Lori K 7 · 8⤊ 3⤋
Guess Guatemala doesn't hand out instructions..how to wire the money back home.
Sounds like a reasonable "fine" to me. Here 11 years illegally. A little over $5300 annually.
He knew he was here illegally. I'm not buying the "ignorance" excuse.
And before the pros start squawking, it's illegal for a citizen to carry that much cash out of the nation as well.
2007-09-28 07:37:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Below one of our dams is a great place to trout fish. Or used to be, The illegals started fishing it and breaking all the limit laws. If they get caught they say they didn't know because the signs defining the rules and regulations are not in Spanish. On the other hand if they are shorted a dollar they speak pretty good English.
2007-09-28 07:33:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
I have kind of mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, just grabbing a bunch of cash from they guy is wrong. BUT, he does need to pay the taxes along with interest and penalties and probably pay fines for working illegally, customs violations, etc. But the proper process needs to be gone through for that regardless of if he's illegal or not.
I think what really irks me about the incident is when the DA offered to give him back 10k in exchange for keeping quiet. That just comes off as them trying to hide what they are doing.
2007-09-28 07:30:11 · answer #4 · answered by Michael C 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
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2017-01-02 19:09:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sad story, he work 11 yrs and saved his money, yes he should pay tax and yes they should take tax from his money but gives him the rest. The people who employs him should also be charge cause they know he is illegal but they employed him anyway, where they paying taxes?
But then again, common sense could have told him he cannot go through airport with all that money. They gonna charge him for everything in the book, including money laundry charges, when they finish with him he wont have a cent, he may even owe them
2007-09-28 09:45:34 · answer #6 · answered by myself 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes he deserved what he got and he should have been deported long ago the employers on those pay stubs need to be gone after as well ,with americans such as these selling out the futures of their kids for the buck now ,we should deport with the illegals as well but justice was served if you as a legal did not pay taxes what do you think would be done for you and as far as earned the money goes sure he did but what about the cost to the taxpayer for i do not know anyone that can live in Florida on 5.50 and hour you know pay rent lights buy food ect
2007-09-28 07:35:09 · answer #7 · answered by billc4u 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
they arent ignorant of the law, they know they are illegal, they use not being from here as an excuse to break the law. If they were ignorant about the law, they would walk right up to border agents and ask for directions.
2007-09-28 07:26:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 1⤋
They are highly uneducated and not the sharpest tool in the shed. How the heck was he able to get an airline ticket. And why does he have till January to leave the country? Whats going on? he should have been deported immediately. He definitely had enough money to buy a bus tix to the border
2007-09-28 07:27:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
And what of all the "LEGAL" US citizens and Corporations who EVADE TAXES worth millions and/or billions to the US government? Should they not be punished for shielding what they earn from the US government? Where is your "justice" for them? Is it only "justice" when it's a POOR person who happens to be a person of color committing a crime and they get caught? The thousands of dollars that man made here and the thousands undocumented workers make per year don't even come close to what the Wealthy and the Corporations hide from the government throught Tax Evasion. Wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it and right is right even if no one is doing it.
2007-09-28 07:38:47 · answer #10 · answered by It's Your World, Change It 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋