IRS: Undocumented immigrants paid $23.6 billion in federal taxes in 2015.

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IRS: Undocumented immigrants paid $23.6 billion in federal taxes in 2015. http://bos.gl/n2wevlG

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Some see risks rising for undocumented who pay their taxes

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By Beth Healy Globe Staff April 02, 2017

NEW BEDFORD — Every year around this time, more than 400 undocumented immigrants make their way to a storefront economic development office here to get help filing their taxes.

Similar scenes play out across the state and the country, with more than 4 million people filing returns for 2015 using tax identification numbers issued by the IRS to people who don’t have Social Security numbers. Most of those are undocumented workers, filing taxes for the same reasons many Americans and legal residents do — to get a refund, and to obey the law.

“We have a very high rate of repeat customers,’’ said Corinn Williams, executive director of the New Bedford center. “It’s just a misnomer that immigrants are not paying their taxes.’’



For 2015, the 4.4 million people who filed taxes using a nine-digit ID number known as an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, or ITIN, paid $5.5 billion in payroll taxes, including Social Security contributions.


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[babylonsister]

1. Damned if you do...

"Some see risks rising for undocumented who pay their taxes"

This sucks for all the people who are trying and have been trying to do the right thing.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

2. Don't confuse me with the facts

"Truthiness" tells me all undocumented people are leeches on society.

[Achilleaze]

3. Republicans shooting uncle Sam in the wallet

Stupid.
Deplorable.

[FailureToCommunicate]

4. Gee, so they are ALREADY paying for the walls...and bridges, and highways, and, and

Stupid Trump and his bone head followers.

[elmac]

5. probably the only ones actually paying taxes

they have more right to live here then the 1 percenters.

[riversedge]

8. And some corporations-who are people per SC-pay little or nothing.

[dalton99a]

10. +1

[bucolic_frolic]

6. They did the dishes too

and we're going to lose all of that when Trump deports them all

And we're going to be radioactive

[treestar]

9. Who's going to do many things?

[world wide wally]

7. Remind me again...

How much did Trump pay?