My Story

So far in tax-aid we have been trained to prepare to taxes, and we have been given some background on some of  the people who we will come across. One connection that I have noticed from the reading that I expect will happen at tax-aid is that undocumented immigrants will have fears of sharing information with us because they afraid of being deported. " We hear they are responsible for crime. We hear they take our jobs, our benefits. We hear they refuse to speak English. But how often do we hear from them?(Orner 7)" this book points out that we blame undocumented immigrants for everything and constantly hang "deportation and fines" over them that they are afraid to go to anyone in this wonderful country that every one praises about for its freedom and democracy for help." in story after story, the law is most often something to fear, not something to call upon for help.(Orner 9)"

An other issue that I may come across in tax-aid is that people will be "undocumented and that will cause tax problems." Did this girl know you were using her identity?(Orner 196)" Sabrina had to use her cousins identity because she came to this country illegally. She used her identity because she needed it to work a decent job , and was afraid to become a legal citizen. In tax aid we will be helping people that may not have  an SSN or are using a fake one. We as "tax-aids" are only trying to help them get what ever money they can get back to them from the government so that they can support them selves. We aren't trying to deport people or cause trouble we are only trying to help."He said, "You've been too good to us. We can't let you go.(Orner 197)"