Facts on Immigration Issues

Farming

• It is a fact that the majority of crop producers hire illegal immigrants. Although it is impossible to really know how many immigrants are working illegally in the United States, some estimate the number in the hundreds of thousands.
  
  

Social Security

• It is not possible for illegal immigrants to claim social security, and all the money they pay into is not available for them to draw on. However, if an illegal immigrant becomes legal, he is then entitled to his share of social security money.
  
  

Marriage to an American

• If an illegal immigrant marries an American, he does not get automatic citizenship.
  
  

Path to Citizenship

• Only immediate family members, qualified relatives and the spouse or children 21 years or older qualify for waiver of the visa quota for newly naturalized citizens; others sometimes have to wait as long as 25 years or more.
  
  

Visiting

• If you do not own property in your home country, or do not show intention of returning, you're American visa will be denied, regardless of your qualifications.
  
  

Taxes

• Immigrants working illegally have the option of paying taxes using an ITIN number given by the IRS. The majority utilize this option, and thousands never claim a refund.
  
  

Children

• If a child comes to American illegally with her parents and is forced to claim false citizenship, that child is forever banned from entering the United States legally.