This is absolutely catastrophic and an enormous betrayal. Undocumented folks have been promised that this info-sharing b/w IRS and DHS wouldn’t occur so that they would pay taxes to a state that offers them nothing in return. Now they will be rewarded with deportation. - ThreadSky

nkalamb.bsky.social • 3 days ago

This is absolutely catastrophic and an enormous betrayal.

Undocumented folks have been promised that this info-sharing b/w IRS and DHS wouldn’t occur so that they would pay taxes to a state that offers them nothing in return.

Now they will be rewarded with deportation.

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jewelsofalion.bsky.social•2 days ago

The COLLAPSE of 'Merica

marakjade.bsky.social•2 days ago

ICE is a domestic terrorist organization operating in the clear with no constitutional authority

bighairshorttemper.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is a very very bad idea.

camps123.bsky.social•2 days ago

😥

rifka.bsky.social•2 days ago

good time to use alt text like disabled people are allowed to know. Or 1999 is also good

rosemmason.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

blue-n-al.bsky.social•2 days ago

If you are self-centered, consider that our system will not have to use the social security taxes they were paying in and would have never been able to receive in benifits.

joelcawley.bsky.social•2 days ago

Republicans simply do not honor contracts. Their word is literally worthless.

Should be treated accordingly.

nansgarden.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just ask
The Native Americans

mossyoakmaoist.bsky.social•2 days ago

Democrats share blame too bubba

https://www.nilc.org/articles/bidens-reported-plans-to-detain-haitian-asylum-seekers-at-guantanamo-perpetuates-history-of-anti-black-racism-in-u-s-immigration-policy/

nkalamb.bsky.social•3 days ago

Source:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2025/03/22/ice-irs-immigrants-deport/

ccoop7.bsky.social•2 days ago

You would think the $100m paid in would make them greedy enough to do some real due process to keep the tax payers at least.

1philo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Orange sociopath!

lecohonah1.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/lecohonah1.bsky.social/post/3lkzkrnbdrk2o

elmotheclown.bsky.social•2 days ago

Plus the government will seize whatever assets they have

altrocks.bsky.social•1 day ago

Can't trust the pigs, no matter what uniform they wear

ksunny.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hi @schumer.senate.gov this is a place you can actually start fighting. With more than interviews.

jackpondit.bsky.social•2 days ago

And while Trump is using confidential personal information to deport immigrants who have been paying US taxes, he is also making it easier for rich people to skip out on paying $500,000,000,000 in taxes a year. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/irs-doge-cuts-tax-filing-b2719911.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3pqXrq-uglz1_z3lsamdknj5PatfhgHiUpppGkNY--06upLWcd_vdRRYo_aem_PRCwNL88XfXhd6yRkha_hw#rzzrszudm4banzpqckgheagnugu263z0q

malikdama.bsky.social•2 days ago

And will absolutely not pay taxes anymore

fuckswasticars.bsky.social•2 days ago

This was always how this was going to end up. The government doesn't ask for information for no reason

funpuns24.bsky.social•2 days ago

So the American government is about to lose another free tax income stream! 🤨

themanxman.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wow such betrayal

coffeeatdusk.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is why privacy is so important.

The US in particular is going to have one hard lesson on this.

If you can, get out. Last time these things happened in NL they led to worse.

7isamagicnumber.bsky.social•2 days ago

“suspected”???? What if ice is wrong??? who’s accountable?

chardypeeres.bsky.social•2 days ago

Can this not be stopped legally?

jennipher.bsky.social•2 days ago

Shameful and sickening.

brassclothes.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thanks for including the source, but alt text would have been pretty easy and should have been included.

nubellydancinheffa.bsky.social•2 days ago

it's also catastrophic for income tax revenue....undocumented folks pay BILLIONS into Social Security. If getting paid legally puts them at risk of deportation they will either leave or take jobs willing to pay them under the table. ANOTHER HIT to social program funding

mhairiforrest.bsky.social•3 days ago

Alt Text

lexical-lushes.bsky.social•2 days ago

i admit i'm deeply confused why an undocumented immigrant would ever trust the government in this way in the first place...?

jackietechila.bsky.social•2 days ago

because undocumented or not, you have to pay taxes as an immigrant. if you don't have a SSN you get a ITIN and fulfill your government duty the same way. For immigrants is doubly important as not paying taxes will be used against you for a path to legality, green card or citizenship

jackietechila.bsky.social•2 days ago

so now they are invading every person in the US privacy to check if they are citizens or not and giving immigrants the option to not pay taxes and forego ever attaining legal status or paying taxes and being rewarded with deportation

reneeh.bsky.social•3 days ago

In other words, we're going to rob people who worked hard and provided critical labor.

mhairiforrest.bsky.social•3 days ago

Not rob, that was already the system in place. They're going to use it to identify people to arrest, detain, & deport.

reneeh.bsky.social•3 days ago

My point is that they are not going to refund the taxes already paid into the system. We've long robbed immigrants of taxes and labor, true. What's new is deporting them, giving them no chance of ever benefiting from what they have contributed.

7isamagicnumber.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s a designed trap: America doesn’t offer labor visa, which is common in many high social benefit countries, for foreign labors. America also does not have enough/willing legal work force to fill the jobs. So both employers and illegal immigrants workers are trapped in this timed bomb.

northoftabor.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not to mention needing to provide proof of paying taxes as part of the citizenship application process. Definitely a trap.

mhairiforrest.bsky.social•3 days ago

They never could get refunds for the taxes paid. It's been that way since at least the 1970s.

Undocumented immigrants pay $Billions/yr, but they cannot get access to the benefits, nor can they get tax refunds.

reneeh.bsky.social•3 days ago

This assumes all undocumented immigrants are not seeking legal status...

mhairiforrest.bsky.social•3 days ago

No, actually, it doesn't. It assumes the system takes years and even decades to maneuver through. It assumes there is no recourse once someone gains legal status to reclaim past contributions.

jimmbuzz.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah and then watch MAGA complain when they don't want to do those jobs.

gripyoldman.bsky.social•2 days ago

I hate our current government

stonedalgo.algo.xyz•2 hours ago

yeah IRS kinda just shooting themselves inthe feet with this move. Now they will just work under the table and file nothing.

wisdomfox.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is also going to impact undocumented folks' trust in other government entities. I remember how (understandably) skittish some people I assisted early pandemic were about sharing their/their families' info. I won't be surprised at all if this administration tries to screw with HIPAA, too.

wisdomfox.bsky.social•2 days ago

(I worked for a public health department then, for context. My job was literally just educating people and helping connect them with resources. But I understand it can be scary when someone random government worker calls you and starts asking you to verify personal info to talk to you about COVID.)

yourmomma123456.bsky.social•2 days ago

So not criminals. People that work and pay taxes.

j-e-l1.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wonder if
Latinos for trump
Pro Hamas Arab Americans for trump
Are still proud of supporting Trump…?
On their way to El Salvador

Curious…

PTL

jimbojones77.bsky.social•2 days ago

Weird that they're all coming here if the US offers them nothing.

nefariousdoodles.bsky.social•2 days ago

So what do we do?

catsmyau.bsky.social•2 days ago

Our food chain harvest and distribution system will collapse without immigrants.

sudhof.me•2 days ago

Sickening. After all the talk of deporting "criminals", they pick the taxpayers. Figures given how bad they themselves are at paying theirs.

jmeyernj.bsky.social•2 days ago

ice is just a paramilitary tool of fascists under this administration

jaytingle.bsky.social•2 days ago

Unspeakable weaponization of “big government.”

meaboyer.bsky.social•2 days ago

These are not the institutions we have known, historically.

mossyoakmaoist.bsky.social•2 days ago

Can you make sure to add alt text to images like this? Some people rely on screen readers

silkyweineck.bsky.social•2 days ago

I have friends who have lived here for 30 years, bringing up three children, paying income and payroll taxes on every penny they've made, knowing they'd never get the Medicare or Social Security benefits they paid for, and now they're sitting ducks because ICE can't make quota

nkalamb.bsky.social•2 days ago

Truly stomach-turning

silkyweineck.bsky.social•2 days ago

and because everything with MAGA is about grift, what do you think will happen to the assets of those folks? Does anybody believe they won't simply seize their houses, bank accounts, all they own?