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Trump Plans to Hand Taxpayer Data to Homeland Security to Speed Up Deportations (truthout.org)
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The system, which would enable sharing of massive amounts of sensitive data, may be launched before the end of July.

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[–] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You remove it from their paychecks under what ###?

Their individual taxpayer identification number, or ITIN. If you had read the full reply I gave you above, you'd see this:

If you are a US citizen, you can use your Social Security number (SSN) to file your income taxes. Immigrants who do not have a valid visa or other proof of legal status are not eligible for an SSN. Instead, these workers can apply through the IRS for an individual taxpayer identification number, or ITIN, to file their taxes. As of January 2021, there were an estimated 5.4 million active ITINs.

[–] ShadowRam@fedia.io 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

WTF? So your country bitches out illegal immigrants, and yet gives them an official way for them to work in your country via ITINs?

Immigrants who do not have a valid visa or other proof of legal status are not eligible for an SSN.

So if you do not have a valid work visa or proof of legal status, why would you be allowed to work and why would ITIN's exist at all?

[–] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Do you know how to use the internet?

From Wikipedia's article on individual taxpayer identification number:

The ITIN program was created on July 1, 1996 for the purpose of allowing tax return filing by individuals without a Social Security Number (SSN). Receiving an ITIN does not in itself confer the right to work and receive income in the United States.[3] ITINs are also used by real estate brokers to facilitate mortgages for unauthorized aliens.[4] In addition to use by unauthorized aliens, ITINs are used by foreign investors in United States real estate. Such investors need ITINs in order to file federal and state tax returns to report rental income.

In 2006, 1.4 million people used ITINs when filing tax returns. Federal tax law generally prohibits the IRS from sharing data with other government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), assuring unauthorized aliens[5] that the tax information will be confidential and generally will not be used to initiate removal procedures.[6][7]

Now, before you ask another incredibly easy to answer question, please learn to use a search engine. I'm done doing primary school lesson stuff for you.