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The definition of "terrorist activity" was strengthened to include actions involving the use of any dangerous device (and not just explosives and firearms). [99] To "engage in terrorist activity" is defined as committing, inciting to commit or planning and preparing to undertake an act of terrorism.
[16] Similarly, tax deductions and credits are denied where for illegal bribes, illegal kickbacks, or other illegal payments under any Federal law, or under a State if such State law is generally enforced, if the law "subjects the payor to a criminal penalty or the loss of license or privilege to engage in a trade or business."
California’s economy particularly benefits from the undocumented workforce. The population paid an estimated $8.5 billion in state and local taxes in 2022, according to this latest report.
Often linked in legislation and regulation, terrorism financing and money laundering are conceptual opposites. Money laundering is the process where cash raised from criminal activities is made to look legitimate for re-integration into the financial system, whereas terrorism financing cares little about the source of the funds, but it is what the funds are to be used for that defines its scope.
A 2018 study from the University of California, Irvine, maintains that Prop 47 was not a "driver" for recent upticks in crime, based upon comparison of data from 1970 to 2015, in New York, Nevada, Michigan and New Jersey, states that closely matched California's crime trends, but that "what the measure did do was cause less harm and suffering ...
Most use an individual tax identification number, or ITIN. Around 22% of the undocumented population in California, or 604,000 people, owned homes in 2019, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
Denying illegal immigrants eligibility to receive public services (immediate stay was federally imposed and is still in effect). Proposition 209 (1996) Passed: Banning affirmative action in the public sector (employment, education, etc.) Proposition 215 (1996) Passed: Legalizing medical marijuana under California law. Proposition 218 (1996) Passed
In United States law, providing material support for terrorism is a crime prohibited by the USA PATRIOT Act and codified in title 18 of the United States Code.Penalties include fines and up to 15 years in prison, per section 2339A, and up to 20 years if the convict knows that the organization supported was designated as a "terrorist organization" by the US State Department, per 2339B.