[quote=FlyerInHi]Didn’t someone say that immigrants are willing to make housing sacrifices. They could live several household to a house. Convert the garage for extra living space. Enclose the back patio.
If they earn money in CA, they have to pay CA tax. You said the immigrants were dropping off their kids on the way to work in SD[/quote]
That’s all been done many, many times, brian … ESP in South County. The house you mentioned here will STILL COST THEM more than $400K in a run-down condition. And the annual property taxes of ~$4700 for such a house are too oppressive, especially for a family of 3+ kids with two service workers for parents … no matter HOW much “seniority” each of them has.
Even a 4/2/2 house located just a stone’s throw from the border rents for at least 4 times the rent of a comparable house on the other side.
Yes, this group pays SS and state income tax. They can eventually have their SS checks direct-deposited to a MX bank (as many US born retirees now do) if they work enough quarters to qualify for OASDI and live long enough to collect it and the program is still in place . . . as long as the SSN they are using to work in the US actually belongs to them and is not a deceased person’s SSN which they bought in dtn LA. Paying CA income tax and Federal tax is the price they pay for having jobs in the US. If they qualify for a refund, they can file a tax return in attempt to claim it. If they do NOT have a legal right to work in the US, they won’t file a return and will forfeit any refund owed them to be able to keep working, hopefully undetected.
