Should An Illegal Immigrant Be Allowed To Keep His Ill-Gotten Loot?

Dirty Martini

Let's add up his crimines, shall we:

1. In the country illegally.
2. Not paying taxes.
3. Attempting to leave without declaring the cash with customs.

And for all we know: there may have well been some identity theft in there as well.

He's lucky he isn't in jail. Pay the back taxes and the penalties.

FIne and punish his employers too.

bored

No he should be sent back without the money, and barred from ever returning. Take the money he earned and put it toward securing our borders.

Micky

Absolutely not! The illegal got exactly what he deserved.

DAR

I doubt that was all he made in 11 years - it was just what he saved. And he never paid taxes. And taxes and interest and penalties and tax evasion punishment would be imposed on any citizen who didn't pay taxes. And those would be calculated on his entire income, not just the $59,000. And that would leave a lot less than the $10,000 they offered him to take if he just leaves the country - particularly after he pays for the attorney in his criminal trial since the $59,000 would make him ineligible for indigent counsel, as would be any citizen in that position.

Sway_27

Money gained by illegal means is subject to confiscation, drug dealers dont get to keep their loot when busted, do they?

Of course not. He came here illegally and worked for eleven years. And he never learned English, never was helping a family, he was only here to get what he could take and leave.
He paid no taxes, he contributed nothing to our country, and he stole the jobs that have traditionally been done by high-school students, semi-retired citizens, and other people who for various reasons are unable to work in other areas.

He contributed nothing, he should get nothing.
He was here selfeshly taking what he could for himself for eleven years.

Now his trial is in the courts and he has two attournys working Pro-Bono for him, all paid for by our taxes. The same taxes he admits to never paying.

smartazz_citizen

One thing you didnt touch on....the government offered to him 10000.00 PLUS the 9000.00 that was being collected from those who contributed to his cause...this guy REFUSED it, and said he wants all 59000.00....this guy was stupid to try to go thru customs with that money, and when the GOVT offers him to take the 19000.00 and leave, he was stupid enough to say no...as far as I am concerned....he now deserves everything he gets...or in his case, DOESNT get...

JustSayNo

Ok..he was here illegally and working without paying taxes for 11 years for $5.50 hour.
Say he worked 320 days a year for 8 hours.
$5.50 x 8 x 320 x 11 = $154,000.
What if he worked longer hours or more days? Or had other jobs?
His unreported income was much higher than $59,000. All of it subject to income tax, tax penalties. A citizen would face prison for 11 years of tax evasion as well.
He got off lightly in my opinion.

tunavamp

No. Absolutely not.

Ohsassyone

I wouldn't be able to , why should he.

agold_12

It should be confisscated, i'm sorry, he was there illegaly.

Wildroze

No!!!!!

Rabid Frog

What makes the few that said give him his money think that he should not be fairly taxed? Citizens pay taxes on a daily basis so that all of the wonderful programs and educational services and health care needs for the poor can happen.

Why should some person in this country illegally get a free ride on the backs of the taxpayers, he admitted he never paid taxes the entire time, he rightfully owes for 11 years of back taxes, penalties and interest. He is lucky he isn't sitting in jail for tax evasion...

Some of the ones who think he should get his money are also the ones who use tax evasion as one of the crimes citizens commit in their argument that illegal immigrants are not the only ones breaking the law, kind of ironic actually.

Nothingusefullearnedinschool

Hmmm? this is a tricky question: whether a person who by illegal means acquires a good deal of cash should have his ill-gotten monies returned to him.
My impulse is to say, "No", but, hey, what is to stop the Govenment from doing the same thing to everyone else?
Ever wonder why our dollar is falling in value? Because people like him have sent more than $30,000,000,000 to family back home in the Carribean and Central America (American Legion, October 2007, Souther Discomfort, pp. 26 - 33). These monies are the driving economic force in Latin America, making their economies soar while ours is in the duldrums.
Not only should illegals be stopped at the border and not allowed in (everyone: Tell the Liberal Congress and Liberal Supreme Court and Liberal Media we have had enough: enforce the laws against the illegals, quite giving them privileges citizens do not enjoy) but illegals should not be allowed to send any money home.
Let's get with the program!

vladblutsauger

No - he should be forced to pay most of it to help cover the costs of his fellow illegal countrymen and the Spanish bilingual services we as a country now have to provide.

He might be given a little to cover his way back to Mexico, and maybe to help rebuild his life back in his country - but we should never reward criminals for their actions.

ragingreb

NO,HE OR SHE HAD NO BUSINESS IN OUR COUNTRY IN THE FIRST PLACE.ANY MONEY,PROPERTY OR OTHER IL-GOTTEN GAIN SHOULD BE CONFISCATED.

DRUG DEALERS LOSE THEIR HOMES,CARS AND ANYTHING ELSE CAPTURED IN A DRUG BUST. ALSO ANY MONEYS OR PROPERTY THAT WAS PURCHASED BY THEIR ILLEGAL ENTERPRISES

Anne

I say figure out how much money he earned over the 11 years, subtract the federal tax, interest, and penalties, give him the rest, tell him that if he returns he will be facing jail time, and deport him. I would also check if he has been sending money home as well. I would also arrest and try the owner of the restaurant for aiding and abetting illegals. For someone that should be doing jail time, as any you or I would be for tax evasion, he does seem to feel that not only is he entitled to break our laws by not only crossing without papers , but working and not paying taxes on his earning. He says he doesn't like American anyone, well American doesn't much care for him either

summer

they should let him have the money. at least he was going home to never return. he wouldn't be able to get welfare with out having kids to get it for.

Rev Run

Let him keep 40,000 and send him on his way. All he did was wash dishes for 10 years so give this guy a chance.

Mr. Morden

I say give him the money after deducting the taxes and let him go back to Guatemala. His biggest mistake was not sending it out of the country a little at a time. Sometimes we need to get off our high horses, look past the law, and do what is morally right.

Furqaan

Before you telling us, give us definitions of illegal and legal?
CNN is not a revelation from Almighty God, tell us US invading all around the glob is legal? who give legalization permit? God Almighty? FBI? CIA? Masons?

Anyway do home work first

expy916

He should keep his money, he worked for it. He probably worked twice as much as some of the people saying he shouldnt.

tacomadc

Hats off to him for working so hard and saving all those years - a lot more than many sad sacks of cr*p calling themselves American citizens do.
Contrary to most partisan lies, the majority of illegal aliens do pay taxes, using fake ID numbers often (guess what, the government doesn't care), and 100% of them pay sales taxes.

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