The Effect Of Illegal Immigration On The Economy

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The work force is not the problem affected by illegal immigration and economy. The population of illegal immigrants with the country of the United States affects the tax system negatively as well. If the undocumented workers work jobs under the table, one would wonder if illegal immigrants even pay taxes. The truth is that undocumented workers do pay tax. Tax Foundation, a website contains and article called "Immigrants and Taxes" which was wrote by Gerald Prante. The article states, "...many undocumented immigrants pay payroll taxes (I.e. FICA and Medicare) … some of these same individuals also pay income taxes." It is a fact that these undocumented aliens do indeed, pay taxes. Although, since the immigration system of the United States is

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