Undocumented immigrants already pay more in taxes while not being eligible for most benefits programs.

This isn’t about a rational solution, it’s racism.

People who are in the country illegally do not have authorization to work. You can’t tax them at all, at least officially, without giving them the authorization to work.

Now, of course these folks are working, and either getting paid without their employers declaring them, or paying them and withholding taxes with fraudulent identities, both of which are illegal for the employer as well as the employee. So, unofficially, they may be paying taxes, but if the authorities knew they were illegal they would probably be deported, especially in today’s hyper ICE environment.

A solution like you propose would acknowledge the basic humanity of these people, which is against everything the ruling party here stands for. So it will never happen.

(Edit: see the replies downstream, most of my post is uneducated bullshit)

Your question is not stupid. But a solid portion of the US is stupid enough to accept the propaganda that’s thrown around constantly. These are boot lickers who can’t understand why people don’t envy their “freedom”. Freedom in this instance is allowing white straight people to prosper. The US has an education problem, and that isn’t going to be fixed anytime soon.

How do you tax illegal immigrants?