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Originally Posted by stevo
I would say any money sent by illegal immigrants should be siezed. They are here illegally. They are working illegally, getting paid illegally, not legally paying taxes. Siezing money sent by illegals might be a good way remove the desire to get here illegally.
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Nice, but that has abolutely NOTHING to do with this case. The AG's office has no clue whether or not the sender or recipient is legal or illegal. Look at the plaintiffs, all three of them have legal status but that didn't stop the AG office from stealing their money. The money Javier Torres sent didn't even leave the country. Re-read the article.
The_Jazz is correct, do not confuse my reference of 'government' with 'federal government'
This is a clear violation of the 5th Amendment.
Also, you are wrong when you say that no illegals pay taxes. If they paid for it, they can obtain SSN's and appear to be legal citizens. Employers and banks can check it out and they appear to have legal status. They pay taxes and can apply for car loans and mortgages.
Illegals aren't just day laborers that get paid cash at the end of the day. I don't know what the breakdown is but there are a LOT like I decribed above.