CK>> Wait a sec. I may be wrong, but I don't think you have to be a citizen of > the US to live here legally and pay income taxes. It's common for one person > in a family--coming from Mexico--to have a green card, but the others either > remain "illegal" (and sans green card) or are born here. Green cards aren't > that expensive in the Central Valley. right; Robert and I were pointing (independently) to the fact that a totally illegal singleton without a green card can't pay taxes, > I think we're confusing issues. Poverty is one issue. Immigration from other > countries to the US, for labor reasons as opposed to political asylum or > family reunification, is another issue. Then there's the issue of > Mexico-- Yes Judy Evans, Cardiff ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html