It's sick how many people think he shouldn't get a dime back. He's not a professional smuggler, drug dealer or scam artist. He's an illegal immigrant that just came here to work and help out his family. I even read someone write that $59,000 isn't a whole lot of money, so what's the big deal? OMG, do you not realize this man worked 11 years for this? Not everyone has millions in their trust fund like you?
This isn't the same kind of illegal like killing someone, smuggling drugs or robbing a bank; it's just being in the country without the government's knowledge. It's done all over the world, and no one really will put you behind bars like a criminal for it.
Give the man back his money, this is wrong.
2007-09-29 07:38:27 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
smartazz citizen...this was HIS money! I wouldn't take a quarter of my life savings just to go away? This is highway robbery! What do you not understand?
2007-09-29 08:29:14 · update #1
I haven't followed the story and can only go by what you have said here...
And so I feel sympathetic, and would personally not be up in arms to let the guy have the money back.
However...can you just imagine sneaking into another country... staying illegally for 11 years and trying to get back out with $59,000???
I don't see how I could expect they would let me keep the money.
2007-09-29 07:45:52 · answer #1 · answered by gcbtrading 7 · 10⤊ 1⤋
For the same reason they would arrest any American sneaking out of the country with $59,000 which by his own admission was untaxed. The seizure law would apply to any American.
Not declaring $10,000 and above is a felony, that applies to everyone. Untaxed income is a felony, that applies to everyone.
He got off lightly.
An American would be hit with huge tax penalties above the loss of seized funds and face serious prison time.
Another way to look at it..a little over $5000 a year is a fair fine for being here illegally. He obviously wasn't here wanting to be an American or become a citizen.
2007-09-29 08:34:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The law is the law. He broke another one and this time the penalty is clear...confiscation.
He worked ILLEGALLY in a country that he ILLEGALLY entered and then tried to ILLEGALLY avoid customs laws and smuggle out monies (for which he had ILLEGALLY evaded federal taxes) far in excess of the customs limits. Confiscation of customs contraband is the penalty for anyone...citizen or not...who breaks this law.
He also now owes on the taxes which haven't been paid for 11 years. He should probably "beat feet" before the IRS attaches anything else that he has. (I'm also betting that he didn't make all that money from washing dishes.)
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
2007-09-29 07:45:36 · answer #3 · answered by Lori K 7 · 8⤊ 1⤋
The question must be why grew to become into he carring $fifty 9,000 in money? And why did he no longer have it in a monetary corporation? i'm no longer racist in any way, even though it may be the comparable on your white Polish guy as properly. it particularly is aginst airline regulations by customs, to have extra suitable than $10,000, it even says that on the decrease back of the Customs declare style they hand out on the top of all worldwide fights. And if he grew to become into an Illeagal, it could have been in is community language as properly. Or he could have been Illitertate, who knows.
2016-12-14 03:38:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since he's here illegally been working 12 yrs no tax's payed>Gets caught smuggling money out of the country> Should get 5 yrs for tax evasion>Pay fine & penaltys> His moneys gone> Guess he should of came here legally>
2007-09-29 10:47:43 · answer #5 · answered by 45 auto 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No it is not right but he should have never tried to take that amount of money with him out of the country.He should have set up a bank account from here and deposited it.That is possible because many people here do it.I have to pay high taxes,why should he be exempt ? Obviously this guy isn't too swift since he declined the government's offer.
2007-09-29 08:45:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
He is a criminal. Period. He broke the law. Tax evasion, fines and penalties for coming here illegally, the back taxes probably with interest. $59,000 is really not a lot anyway. I think a free trip home is plenty nice.
2007-09-29 10:58:18 · answer #7 · answered by notgrannysmith 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
this is one of the problems with going somewhere and not knowing the laws of the land or maybe he just didn't care as so far we only enforce some of our laws. I digress the point is the better part of U.S. citizens know you cannot walk around with large amounts of money or the government gets involved because it's the law. it happens to U.S. citizens EVERY DAY. to not complete the paperwork means forfeiture of the money apparently only $10,000. was what they left him. ignorance cannot be a defense under U.S. law. not smart to go to somebody else's schoolyard where they make the rules and you don't know what the rules are because you'll lose. full article about pedro on link
2007-09-29 07:58:36 · answer #8 · answered by T 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope sorry no sympathy... he came to the country illegally, worked illegally, then broke the law again by trying to take all that cash home... he is a criminal- and therefor should be subject to the law as one... not all crimes are violent, or involve drugs... and everything he did.. he knowingly broke the law- Maybe if more people hear about it, they won't want to come here illegally anymore.. wouldn't that be nice
2007-09-29 08:01:10 · answer #9 · answered by katjha2005 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because he didn't pay any taxes on it, by his own admission. The penalties and interest alone makes the $10,000 the government offered to let him keep generous, and that isn't even counting in jail time.
Any citizen who did the same thing would face those penalties. Being here illegally is wrong on TOP of that.
2007-09-29 08:04:15 · answer #10 · answered by DAR 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋