Trump admin to rob immigrants' income tax returns

[Cuddles]

So we are going to apply the same type of rules that Canada and every other western country effectively uses — about time!

I thought we didn't believe in other countries' wealth redistribution policies? Ok when it's against brown people that speak funny I guess.

 

[gwb-trading]

I thought we didn't believe in other countries' wealth redistribution policies? Ok when it's against brown people that speak funny I guess.

This is actually related to immigration policy rather than tax policy.

Immigrants should not be a burden on your social welfare system.

 

[Scataphagos]

Immigrants should not be a burden on your social welfare system.

LOL! Good one.

 

[Arnie]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph...6392e0-2924-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.html

Current rules penalize immigrants who receive cash welfare payments, considering them a “public charge.” But the proposed changes from the Department of Homeland Security would widen the government’s definition of benefits to include the widely used Earned Income Tax Credit as well as health insurance subsidies and other “non-cash public benefits.”

Under the proposed changes, immigration caseworkers would not consider benefits derived from service in the armed forces or some other government job, as well as disability, workers’ compensation and Medicare, unless the premiums are fully paid by the public. It would also exclude elementary and secondary public education and early childhood development programs offered under the Head Start Act.

But children would be considered a negative factor for caseworkers evaluating whether an immigrant is likely to use some form of public assistance or benefit.

This is great news. Thanks for posting Ricter.

 

[Poindexter]

What a concept! Maybe politicians should put citizens first, not illegals like demrats do. Especially this un-American disgrace to the Senate.

 

[Cuddles]

This is actually related to immigration policy rather than tax policy.

Immigrants should not be a burden on your social welfare system.

Then immigrants should not pay taxes.

 

[gwb-trading]

Then immigrants should not pay taxes.

Well I use no social welfare benefits then I should pay no taxes either.

Likewise I should not pay taxes in the U.K. or Canada. I don’t use their social welfare systems either but pay tens of thousands each year to each.

 

[newwurldmn]

Well I use no social welfare benefits then I should pay no taxes either.

But you would be eligible for them in the US if something terrible were to happen to you.

You believe that legal immigrants who pay intothe system shouldn’t be allowed to take out as well? What about police and fire services? Should they respond to 911 calls made by immigrants?

 

[DTB2]

But you would be eligible for them in the US if something terrible were to happen to you.

You believe that legal immigrants who pay intothe system shouldn’t be allowed to take out as well? What about police and fire services? Should they respond to 911 calls made by immigrants?

Immigrants can and do take out of the system. If they have achieved citizen status, their stay here may be in jeopardy.

Once they become citizens, they do not stop being immigrants. They become naturalized citizens.

Why do so many never become citizens?

 

[newwurldmn]

Immigrants can and do take out of the system. If they have achieved citizen status, their stay here may be in jeopardy.

Once they become citizens, they do not stop being immigrants. They become naturalized citizens.

Why do so many never become citizens?

So to clarify the position of conservatives: naturalized citizens (who are immigrants by definition) should not be entitled to using government services like police, fire, and the safety net despite their paying taxes to fund those services.