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Undocumented workers in Illinois pay an estimated $900 million in federal taxes and $700 million in state and local taxes, according to the latest report from the American Immigration Council. At a recent rally in Pilsen, several of those workers took to the stage to share their stories — and, for some, their heartache — in hopes that officials recognize their economic contribution and put them back on the agenda. Many cried, holding signs with the number of years that they have been working in the country without a job permit: 17, 20, 29, 30, 33.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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Biden can’t remember what he had for breakfast, he forgot about these people a long time ago.
The immigrants are the Face of the New Chicago. Most a good hard working family people, just trying to earn a living like the rest of us.
Sure, except they cheat on their taxes, don’t pay for car or health insurance, have higher crime rates than most natives, have illegitimate children at twice the national average, and remit substantial parts of their earnings back home.
NO MORE IMMIGRANTS.