"Torture numbers, and they'll confess to anything. -- Gregg Easterbrook
"There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up. -- Rex Stout
For an illegal to work "on the books" means they are using the STOLEN IDENTITY of a citizen or legal resident or the employer is knowingly employing someone with false documentation.
But there is no solid data on the numbers working on or off the books.
No one knows if there are 12 million or 30 million illegals here and no one knows what percentage are working off the books or using stolen identities.
The truth is the government doesn't want hard, reliable numbers available on either. That way they can use what ever numbers they like to support the position the find most convenient at the moment.
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