The phrase “undocumented immigrant” is deeply misleading, if not outright inaccurate. It implies that there is a mass of people in the US that essentially live off the grid, apart from society, existing only in informal economies and off-the-book transactions. In fact, immigrants who lack permission to be in the US are enmeshed in society with plenty of formal and official documents to their name, from tax returns to mortgages.
No, immigrants haven’t figured out how to circumvent the rules. The reality is that the system encourages people coming to America seeking a better life to participate in society to ...
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