http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0226-deport-tax-20120226,0,2010800.story

Akio and Fukado Kawashima came to Southern California in 1984 as lawful Japanese immigrants determined to succeed in business. They operated popular sushi restaurants in Thousand Oaks and Tarzana and recently opened a new eatery in Encino.

But after they underreported their business income in 1991, they paid a hefty price. The Internal Revenue Service hit them with $245,000 in taxes and penalties. The couple pleaded guilty and paid in full. A decade later, the Immigration and Naturalization Service decided to deport them.

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered the final blow, ruling 6 to 3 that Immigration and Customs Enforcement — as the INS is now known — was within its authority to declare such a tax crime an "aggravated felony," subjecting an immigrant to automatic deportation. Once limited to murderers and drug kingpins, this deportation trigger has steadily expanded over the years.

Under the court's holding, an immigrant who makes a false statement on a tax return could face not only tax charges but also automatic deportation.

The Kawashimas never became U.S. citizens but were granted lawful permanent residency in the 1980s. They pleaded guilty in 1997 to filing a false corporate tax return, and the husband was given a four-month prison sentence.

"They paid a full restitution at the time to everything they owed the government," said Thomas Whalen, a Washington attorney who represented the couple before the high court.

These people paid their back taxes and fines, I heard on the news that they employ 240 people so they have been contributing to the economy but they are getting tossed out and yet out government bends over backwards to let illegals stay.

 

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Seems pretty stupid. Especially the lack of a statute of limitations. They shouldn't be able to decide to deport you a decade later. You can't leave that sort of thing hanging over someone forever like that.

They should just move to a different address and live as illegals, I doubt their life would change much.

 

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The Government is whacked out on politics instead of being sane.

 

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While I disagree with their being deported, an important distinction is that their case involved criminal tax violation, not civil.

The husband went to jail for 4 months in the case, it wasn't just a civil fine.

Ah, I was with Yuki on this one until you mentioned the guy went to jail.

Anything worth jailing someone for 4 months is worth deporting him.

 

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So that's what they mean when they talk about job creators being over-taxed and leaving your country.

 

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Well that implies you could deport many "established" Americans too, question is where.
Hint: keep them the eff away from Europe

 

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