I posted one yesterday in a response to a thread by AnArmyVeteran about illegals paying taxes.
Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social Security With Billions
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8264364&mesg_id=8264641STOCKTON, Calif. - Since illegally crossing the Mexican border into the United States six years ago, Ángel Martínez has done backbreaking work, harvesting asparagus, pruning grapevines and picking the ripe fruit. More recently, he has also washed trucks, often working as much as 70 hours a week, earning $8.50 to $12.75 an hour.
Not surprisingly, Mr. Martínez, 28, has not given much thought to Social Security's long-term financial problems. But Mr. Martínez - who comes from the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico and hiked for two days through the desert to enter the United States near Tecate, some 20 miles east of Tijuana - contributes more than most Americans to the solvency of the nation's public retirement system.
Last year, Mr. Martínez paid about $2,000 toward Social Security and $450 for Medicare through payroll taxes withheld from his wages. Yet unlike most Americans, who will receive some form of a public pension in retirement and will be eligible for Medicare as soon as they turn 65, Mr. Martínez is not entitled to benefits.
He belongs to a big club. As the debate over Social Security heats up, the estimated seven million or so illegal immigrant workers in the United States are now providing the system with a subsidy of as much as $7 billion a year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/business/05immigration.html?ex=1270353600&en=78c87ac4641dc383&ei=5090&partner=kmarxThe other reason nothing is done is the employers enjoy the cheap labor. From produce farmers in the southwest to meat packing companies in the midwest, they all employ illegal workers because they will work for far less than US workers and will not report safety violations.
If any government, local, state or federal were serious, they would take on the employers who hire these people. If there was no work for the illegals, then the flow across the boarder would stop.
But the reasons I stated are not going to help that happen.
GREED speaks loudly in this.