One of the biggest myths about undocumented immigrants is that they don’t pay taxes and are a drain on the United States economy — when in reality, the opposite is true. Undocumented people pay federal income tax, state and local taxes, sales tax — contributing tens of billions of dollars each year. They pay Social Security and unemployment tax, even though they are ineligible to receive those benefits — essentially subsidizing the system. Now, the Trump administration is weaponizing tax data against immigrant communities. The ‪@WashingtonPost‬ recently reported on a new agreement in the works between the IRS and ICE in which the tax agency would share information with immigration officials to confirm the names and addresses of people facing deportation orders.In this eye-opening interview, we speak with Francine Lipman, William S. Boyd Professor of Law at UNLV in Las Vegas, about how much undocumented immigrants contribute in taxes and the potentially devastating impacts of IRS and ICE collaboration — on both immigrant families and on our economy. Here's the Washington Post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-pol...And here's a seminal paper by our guest Francine Lipman: The Taxation of Undocumented Immigrants: Separate, Unequal, and Without Representationhttps://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/...Join us 🤗💬  / defineamerican  💬  / defineamerican  💬  / defineamerican  💌https://www.defineamerican.com/subscribe🖥️https://www.defineamerican.com