For more information, please visit our website at www.chirla.org or the National Immigration Law Center or the National Council of La Raza.
Jorge-Mario Cabrera is the director of communications at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA).
The problem is anchor babies, not the tax deduction. I’m sorry this man and his family are having a hard time, but I’m even sorrier that our laws have been so twisted from their original intent (the 14th “jurisdiction thereof” misinterpretation) that he was led on to believe this money was due him, and I’m paying for it.
I think jail would be in his future, and the family would be headed back to their country of origin.
/johnny
You will be safe from the nasty old Congress as soon as you go home.......
These sons of bitches talk about EITC like it's owed them when what they are doing is committing larceny on the taxpayers of this country.
When I was in grad school 15 years ago, the international students told me they were not allowed to claim ANY dependents at all while working LEGALLY with their education visa. I assumed this was also true of any and all non permanent residents also.
An organization on level with Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, KKK, CAIR etc.
no thanks.
Tell ‘em to go talk to Carlos Slim about why he and the Mexican government are not creating jobs in their own nation.
Bullcrap! Nobody making $20,000 per year pays $5,544, not even one red cent in income taxes. Not even this much in payroll taxes. This is just bullcrap to make us sorry for them and their cause. Damn liars.
What BS. I live next door to Van Nuys and I can’t give anything away at a garage sale. I would rather give something to someone for 25 cents than put it in the trash. I once offered a lady to take a table and I would give her $25.00. These people hate us that much.
And how does someone making that little pay taxes, I thought 50 percent of the people didn’t pay taxes.
The author must be factoring in California’s state taxes to get to $5544 on $20000.
Wow that's just horrible, (sarc). I think the numbers quoted in the article are bogus. People are not paying payroll tax and $20k married and kids don't pay income taxes.
no way $5544 in taxes on 20k.
20k is approx: 2150 in income tax. Fica\Medicare = approx
$1530 - state & local are 2k ? no way.
If he claims 4 W-4 exemptions, he’ll pay less than 500 bucks a year.
If he makes 20k, his taxable income (4 exemptions and the standard deduction) will get him most all his income taxes back plus he gets the child care credit.
Hugh and series. All you're child tax credits are belong to us. It was a dark and rainy night...
I have an answer for him- if he doesn’t like it he can take his family back to Mexico. The general “I am owed, my children are owed” additude of many illegals is mind boggling. I cannot imagine why I would expect anything if I illegally lived in another country.
Cry me a rio, Eliberto. I don’t believe these numbers in this article, but even if they are true Eliberto and family are sucking off taxpayers more than enough to make up for it.