Fair enough, he worked. He worked illegaly. Did he pay any taxes for all the services he received during those 11 years ? Did he break the law ? Yes. On many occasions. I'm sorry. Not that much sympathy. I toiled away getting an education and working crazy hours to make it, and to contribute to this society. He broke the law to take the money out and contribute to another country.
Other than social security, he might not have made enough money to have to pay taxes. In fact, his salary might have been so low that he would have qualified for earned income credits to offset his social security.
And I oppose these laws which allow administrative "seizures" of property, simply on the basis of possession. The government should have to prove you violated the law in a COURT, with a trial. They shouldn't get to just call you guilty and exact punishment.
That's the kind of "justice" you expect from some puppet dictatorship, or two-bit shakedown town.
If he was paid minmun wage he may have paid for taxes. But tell me what services he got. Did he get welfare? Illegal, I doubt it. He probly shared floor space and took a bus to work. Just because he was frugal we do not own his money. He earned it. He should keep it. I personally think the requirement to declare any amount over 10,000 a sign of a police state. I understand they watch for drug and now terrorism but still the amount I have in cash and plan to take home is not a free persons obligation to tell the state. However if I am not free then it is my obligation.
I see too much of automatic govt is right here on Free Republic. The government is the one entity that can take your life , property and freedom. That is why we fought to be free. However even the English back then had more freedom than this.
Just because he came here illegally does not give me the right to steal his money, nor does it give the state that right in my name.