Undocumented Immigrants Paid Almost $50 billion in federal taxes from 1996 to 2003
The money they contribute stays in the system and is paying our current social security benefits. The statement below is from the New York Times and the Internal Revenue Service.
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National Immigration Legal Center
Undocumented immigrants contribute to the tax rolls and the Social Security Trust Fund. The U.S. Social Security Administration has estimated that undocumented immigrants contribute approximately $8.5 billion in Social Security and Medicare funds each year.[1] The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has determined that undocumented immigrants paid almost $50 billion in federal taxes from 1996 to 2003.[2]
1. Eduardo Porter, “Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social Security with Billions,” New York Times, Apr. 5, 2005, www.immigrationforum.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=724.
2. Statement of The Honorable Mark W. Everson, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Testimony Before the House
Committee on Ways and Means, July 26, 2006, http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=view&id=5171.
Photo: Social Security Poster from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2004/graphics/election_social2.jpg
Information regarding Social Security from National Immigration Legal Center : http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:X4vDG9_S-4gJ:www.nilc.org/immspbs/research/research003.htm+%22social+security%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=32&gl=us
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