Out of the underground
By Alex Singleton on Apr 10, 2008 in Uncategorized
On The Guardian’s Comment is Free site, I put some arguments in favour of an illegal immigration amnesty:
Boris Johnson’s support for an amnesty on illegal immigrants may not appeal to the party leadership, but he is right to propose the measure. The status quo has driven too many immigrants underground, into the black economy where they are vulnerable to all manner of abuses and where they do not pay income tax. An amnesty would be good for the Treasury, bringing in, according to figures from the Institute for Public Policy Research, a likely £1 billion in tax.
