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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a home in a very red state, and we and the neighbors are all happily harboring an undocumented immigrant from Latin America who does tremendous yardwork for all of us. We pay very very well. And we advise on how to keep their head low and avoid ICE.

I have no qualms about this.  What is going on in this country right now is morally wrong. These people work their butts off, [b]are law abiding[/b] good people and make our country great.  THEY’RE doing that.   Not MAGA.  [/quote]

? By definition they're not "law abiding" if they didn't come in through the lawful methods. The US gives 1 million green cards, tons of various visas and anyone with a legitimate claim can seek asylum. So why didn't your maintenance man?[/quote]

You don’t understand immigration law.  Not even a little bit.  If you did, you’d know that under current (and past) law there’s no feasible way for a guy in his position to get either permanent residency or citizenship.  He came for economic reasons.   The USA doesn’t allow that for anyone in his circumstances.  None of the ways that you have described apply.   It’s really not that complicated.  [/quote]

Let's unpack it.  I think there are really two issues conflated.  A) Doing business with a foreign national.  B) Immigration.

He is not an immigrant.  He is the citizen of another country subject to the laws thereof and import laws here.  For all we know he is breaking the law of his home country by not reporting income.

People really need to understand "foreign national".  He isn't your serf.  We actually have limited jurisdiction over them.  Why don't they prosecute them when they are criminals, like US criminals?[/quote]

Here's the thing about you that I find most amusing:  you think you're smart and you know a lot, and you just don't.

First, the USA is one of the very few countries in the world that taxes its citizens on income earned world-wide.  Latin American countries don't do that.  My guy hasn't lived in his country of origin for two decades.  He couldn't go back if he wanted to at this point because he'd never be able to get back into this country, which is now his home and where he wants to be.  He doesn't owe any taxes in his country of origin on the money he is earning here.

Second, we absolutely do have full "jurisdiction" over him.  If he were to commit a crime here, he'd be subject to our criminal law -- not the law of his country of origin.  He's also subject to our immigration law, not the law of his country of origin, which is why he is lying low.

So, no, I'm not "conflating" anything.  I'm paying someone in cash for yard work.  [b]That's all I'm doing. [/b] And I'm doing it happily.[/quote]

You sound awfully defensive for being so happy about it.  They could prosecute but normally they don't.  It's different rules for different folks.

You Democrats like to pretend that you rule the world, but you really don't have any jurisdiction here.  It's a sovereign nation.  He has to follow their rules not yours.

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Huh?  What you are saying makes no sense.  None.  Clearly you have no legal training or understanding whatsoever.  [/quote]

Who needs to understand the laws when we have lawyers like the likes of the OP.[/quote]

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