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Re:Palantir helps authorities track illegal immigrants by nodesocket on Thursday December 22, 2016 @09:12PM (#13242257)
That can't be right. According to the Wall Street Journal [1] there is a total of 11 million illegal immigrants in the US as a whole.

[1] - http://www.wsj.com/articles/number-of-illegal-immigrants-in-...

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Re:Palantir helps authorities track illegal immigrants by cryptarch on Thursday December 22, 2016 @09:17PM (#13242275)
Estimates range from 11 to 16 million illegal immigrants, though a few years ago the highest one was at 20 million.
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Re:Palantir helps authorities track illegal immigrants by nodesocket on Thursday December 22, 2016 @09:22PM (#13242298)
So you're really telling me on the high end 100% of illegal immigrants pay taxes and on the low end 68% do?
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Re:Palantir helps authorities track illegal immigrants by cryptarch on Thursday December 22, 2016 @09:49PM (#13242425)
Pretty much, yes. It's a lot harder to avoid the IRS than Immigration Services, and AFAIK the IRS doesn't give a shit as long as you pay your taxes.
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