After reading libertyjam's post, it dawned on me what his / her thinking is all about. Having debated these people for the past ten years, the following link gives a good summary of how they approach the issue and why they're wrong:
http://www.freeforum101.com/outcastsandoutl/viewtopic.php?t=531&mforum=outcastsandoutl
Just to illustrate the fact that libertyjam is either uneducated OR a National Socialist, we will look at one of his / her cites and see what comes out of it by way of a response. One of the cites has a section which reads (in part):
"General for activities that enhance enforcement of provisions of this subchapter. Such activities include—
(i) the identification, investigation, apprehension, detention, and removal of criminal aliens; ..."
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1330
On that one sentence, libertyjam probably concludes that is referring to people the National Socialists delight in calling "illegal aliens."
The first problem with that line of thought is that, even in modern jurisprudence, a person is not a criminal any damn thing until they have been arrested pursuant to probable cause, booked, jailed, made bail, etc., etc. to the point that a judge and / or jury convicts them. The law can be talking about no one other than that class of foreigners. If they're a fugitive of justice and come here, they would be a criminal alien; if convicted of an actual crime in the U.S. they would be a criminal alien, but that cite does not support the position that libertyjam takes on this board.
And here we have it: For deigning to ask a simple, legal question, Enforcer assumes the mind and thought of the inquisitor. He may have a point in all his diatribe of crap, but he loses it when he labels any one who deigns to challenge or even question him as "uneducated OR a National Socialist" (i.e. NAZI).
In fact in research I find he is likely correct on one thing, simply crossing the border unauthorized in current legal code AFAIK is a civil violation only, but still carries a penalty of being deportable and fined. He thinks that the term 'illegal' is only applicable to criminal fugitives. I merely list portions of the existing civil code that has the exact so called offensive terminology. In strictly legal terms we can also go to a legal dictionary:
illegal 1) adj. in violation of statute, regulation or ordinance, which may be criminal or merely not in conformity. Thus, an armed robbery is illegal, and so is an access road which is narrower than the county allows, but the violation is not criminal. 2) a person residing in a country of which he/she is not a citizen and who has no official permission to be there. (See: alien, illegal immigrant) http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/illegal
So notwithstanding any moral, ethical, or political arguments, in a legal sense I don't think I would hire Enforcer for legal advice. Furthermore I am invoking Godwin's rule and placing him on double-secret ignore for being such a putz.
Oh, and you are reported. since I'm such a National Socialist.
According to the Chief Actuary of the Socialist Security Administration, undocumented workers pay $12 BILLION DOLLARS per year into Socialist Security and cannot, by law, take out one thin dime in retirement.
The real reason that the foreigner is here without much opposition from government is that they create jobs, stimulate growth and help boost the economy.
ITINs are issued regardless of immigration status, because both resident and nonresident aliens may have a U.S. filing or reporting requirement under the Internal Revenue Code. ITINs are for Federal tax reporting only and are not intended to serve any other purpose.
All filers- regardless of their imigration status.In Processing Year 2010, 2.3 million ITIN filers claimed ACTCs totaling $4.2 billion.