Kicked out for no SSN.

[LdiJ]

While that is true for many undocumented immigrants, it is not true for all of them. Some do not pay all the taxes that they are obligated to pay. Some do get benefits that they should not get. Some do commit crimes that harm others. It is not possible to lump all undocumented aliens together and characterize them as either all good or all bad.

We desperately need to update our immigration laws to deal with the immigration issues we currently have in this country. We've not done that in decades and it's been well known to both parties that the laws we have are outdated and don't meet our present circumstances. Unfortunately, while the broad outline of what most in this country would support for immigration law changes has been known to both parties for a long time, their disagreements over some parts of immigration policy always have kept proposed changes from going through. That won't change until enough people in the country finally demand Congress really address it.

Of course there are always some bad apples in the bunch, just like some American citizens commit crimes or cheat the system. I do agree that our immigration laws desperately need to be revised. However it certainly did not help this country to get a segment of the population all fired up that all undocumented immigrants = evil incarnate.

 

[quincy]

"Harboring" a person who is illegally in the United States has been a federal crime since 1917. It’s been used against human trafficking rings and, in the 1980s, against the Sanctuary Movement that involved churches and individuals giving shelter to Central American asylum seekers. The current law is in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, which made it a crime to "conceal, harbor, or shield from detection" an illegal immigrant. If you’ve acted "knowingly or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered or remains in the United States in violation of law," you come within the law’s reach.

“Although the federal government does not intend for aliens here unlawfully to be harbored, it has never evidenced an intent for them to go homeless.” Lozano v. City of Hazleton

 

[HectorK]

I discussed this with my new landlord. He was very friendly. He pointed out that he will honor my lease. He showed me a paper where the county fined him for renting to "Undocumented Immigrants".

 

[quincy]

I discussed this with my new landlord. He was very friendly. He pointed out that he will honor my lease. He showed me a paper where the county fined him for renting to "Undocumented Immigrants".

I am happy that your landlord was friendly when you discussed with him your lease and that he intends to honor its terms.

I am surprised he was fined by the county.

 

[HectorK]

The fine was not for me. It was someone else. But he showed it to me.

 

[quincy]

The fine was not for me. It was someone else. But he showed it to me.

I understood that the fine was not for you.