Glenn Spencer to the Washington Post

Re: Illegals Boost Tax Coffers by Millions
Washington Post, Sunday, April 15, 2001

4/15/01

Illegal aliens from Mexico earn very little. Many who file income tax returns probably do so to benefit from the Earned Income Tax Credit whereby they receive a tax refund up to $3,000 even though they paid no taxes. IRS rules allow Mexican illegal aliens to claim dependents living in Mexico. In Bordering on Chaos, Oppenheimer observed, "Since as far as historians can remember, double-talk and deceit had been part of Mexico's national character." Cheating on taxes is not unknown in Mexico.

The suggestion that illegal aliens from Mexico pay more in taxes than they use in services is absurd. They cost American taxpayers billions of dollars. Eagerness to convince America of the goodness of illegal immigration should not overwhelm the fundamental obligation of any newspaper to tell the truth.

Glenn Spencer
President
AmericanPatrol.com
Sherman Oaks, CA

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