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Jose Antonio Vargas challenges his argument for immigration reform."
Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas rose to prominence after he outed himself as an undocumented alien in a New York Times essay in 2011.
Since that time Vargas has become the most well known illegal immigrant in the country and an outspoken advocate for immigration reform, relying heavily on claims that undocumented aliens will be model citizens and could add substantially to the federal tax base. He repeatedly asserts that many undocumented aliens, like him, already pay into a system they cannot use.
But Vargas himself hasn’t always lived up to that claim.
According to court documents obtained by Red Alert Politics, Vargas was hit with a $41,945.44 tax lien in a court notice on Jan. 7, 2015 for failing to pay taxes in 2010. According to the notice, the date of the assessment was Sept. 23, 2013. (read more)
Somebody commented... "One more reason NOT to come out of the shadows."
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Never heard of him and he's really just another invader and always has been. If you come into this country illegally and are from mexico, you are effectively an invader.
Ya love it, right?
And, yeah, I have heard of this guy as a kind of Internet/Univision gadfly.
Michael Moore without the size 60 waist.
I get the feeling the Feds realize it may be time to start selecting sacrificial goats.
You can't make this shit up. A quote from a commentor on the article:
pnut7711 dirty south June 27, 2011
So many of us forget that we're American by an accident of birth ONLY, not because we're better than anyone, or because we earned our charmed lives. It's only luck that made us Americans and not starving villagers in the third world.I can't imagine the stress and constant worry of being found out and losing everything you've worked so hard for in the blink of an eye.On top of that, being cast as the enemy by the right-wing for the crime of wanting a better life, for wanting to be American. These are the people that the "Right" has chosen to demonize, to blame for everything while they give loot our countries riches to hand over to their corporate masters and the richest few percent ......bread and circuses comes to mind.
We all know they want to come out of the shadows so they can pay their taxes.
*riiiiight*
Bullcocks to that.
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