Voting in elex can boot permanent residents

Dave, New York Unlawful voting in a federal, state or city election can be grounds for deportation. The law provides an exception for an individual who permanently resided in the United States since before age 16 if the individual’s parents were U.S. citizens and the voter believed he or she was a citizen.

Even registering to vote from Sept. 30, 1996, or after can be a problem in that it may show that the permanent resident made a false claim to U.S. citizenship. The courts are debating the immigration penalties for unlawful voting, but as recently as 2015, the Board of Immigration Appeals upheld the deportation of a permanent resident. The person had filled out a voter registration form when getting a driver’s license under a “Motor/Voter”program. That’swhereindividuals applying for driver’s licenses are encouraged to register to vote. The board rejected the permanent resident’s argument that she didn’t know she wasn’t eligible to vote. Activists running voter registration campaigns should make sure they register only U.S. citizens.

QName withheld, by email Your friend should visit a Social Security Administration office and ask them to “reconcile” his accounts. That is, to ask that the SSA give him credit for the Social Security contributions he and his employer made when he was using the first card while filing with the ITIN. That way he can get credit for the years he worked when he retires and applies for Social Security retirement benefits. Undocumented workers have the same tax and Social Security payment obligations as lawful workers. To get an ITIN for tax-filing and other financial record-keeping purposes, workers can file Internal Revenue form W-7, Application for Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, with their tax returns.

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