so I don't really understand where the Dems and Obama stand on this issue in comparison to the Repugs. Can someone help me out here as to what is really happening here. I have my suspicions. With a Repug Gov and two Repug Sens I have to think this law Arizona just passed is a Repug plant to somehow cause more problems for Obama and the Dems. I know that Immigration Reform wasn't the next thing that the Obama Administration wanted to tackle - but now it looks like they might be forced into having to deal with it - and before the November election. Is this good or bad for the Dems? I really need some education here.
Also - bear with me a moment as I want to validate the following:
I had a friend that ran a business relate to me a story. He indicated that he passed out W-2's to some of the people he had working for him.
Back to the story: when some of his employees received their W-2's they just pitched them away. He then realized he got snookered and did have some illegal immigrants in his employ. But what he said was interesting. As an employer - he was deducting all the proper taxes from their paychecks. As such they were contributing to the tax collections in this country. But when it comes tax time - they just don't file as they don't want to be found out.
He indicated that some in the government don't want to have to deal with immigration reform - because - if something is done that influences this collection of tax money that is withheld from their paychecks - this would be a big financial burden/loss to the system. It appears that we're content with collecting the tax monies from them and not having to pay out or refund any back.
Has anybody ever heard this type of argument before? I don't know if this is a valid concern or not?