Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests
by seadan83 on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @02:32PM
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The business and employee still pay many taxes, even if undocumented - so payroll taxes are still payed, "The IRS estimates that undocumented immigrants pay over $9 billion in withheld payroll taxes annually." [1]
[1] https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/how-do-undocumented-immigr...
They were fined less than $400 per undocumented person they hired, or about a week and a half pay at minimum wage. That just sounds like a reasonable fee to hire someone without having to pay minimum wage, healthcare, payroll taxes, etc. If you put aside ethics, that sounds like the smart business move.