Q: My wife's here illegally. She gets paid around $800 under the table. What can happen to her if she gets caught?
She works another job but she gets paid by cash and reports that. She doesn't report the under the table money because she doesn't want to lose Oregon health insurance.
A:
I am not sure what you mean about your wife losing her Oregon health insurance if she reports all her income; but you should know that lawyers do not advise people on how to do anything illegal--for reasons too obvious to mention here.
That said, here is my answer: Surely your wife must know by now--after all the national news stories about "illegal immigration" in America--that if she gets caught doing anything even remotely illegal while living here she will probably be deported.
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