I need help with this one: if you are here illegally, how are you paying tax? Employers need SS numbers to collect and submit taxes -- so how exactly can taxes be submitted without an SS number?
When I got my first job many moons ago, I forgot my SS card at home, and just made up a number on the job app. After the first week, the head of personnel tracked me down and demanded a valid SS number, since the one I gave them bounced.
I'm not naive enough to assume that all employers of illegals are actually making deductions from their pay -- but even if they were, how would they submit them without SS numbers?