Posted on 12/17/2017 7:33:39 AM PST by upchuck
The Republican tax reform package agreed upon by House and Senate lawmakers contains language allowing illegal immigrants with American citizen children to get a tax credit.
The final GOP tax bill doubles the child tax credit from $1,000 to $2,000 and increases the amount of the refundable child tax credit to $1,400. This policy change geared towards helping working class families was pushed by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio.
The conference bill includes language from the Senate tax plan that allowed parents of so-called “anchor babies” to receive the tax credit.
“In order to receive the child tax credit (i.e., both the refundable and non-refundable portion), a taxpayer must include a Social Security number for each qualifying child for whom the credit is claimed on the tax return,” the bill states.
Jan Ting, a professor of law at Temple University, wrote an analysis recently about the Senate bill’s language.
“Because of birthright citizenship, any children born to illegal aliens become automatic U.S. citizens. Thus, illegal aliens can still receive billions of dollars in tax credits for their U.S.-born children,” Ting wrote in a post on the Center for Immigration Studies website.
Existing law allows taxpayers with a Taxpayer Identification Number to get a refundable tax credit, which many illegal immigrants reportedly have.
The original House Tax Cuts and Jobs Act included a reform that wouldn’t have allowed illegal immigrants to get the child tax credit. It said refundable credits are only available if the “taxpayer includes the taxpayer’s Social Security number on the return of tax for such taxable year.”
“The House bill requires a SSN in order to claim the child tax credit. Members will work to address this in conference to protect against fraud in this credit,” a House Ways and Means spokesperson told Breitbart News over a week before the conference bill was agreed upon.
President Trump is supportive of the final GOP tax bill, and a White House spokeswoman did not return a press inquiry Saturday about the provision helping illegal immigrants.
Require verification of citizenship of the children and of their parents for eligibility for the tax credit.
GOPe Means Bend Over Spell Run wrote: “Anchor babies are not US citizens! That is a fraud created by the libtards in the State Department.”
Personally, I prefer that they are not considered citizens.
However, I recognize that current interpretations of the 14th Amendment say they are.
““Because of birthright citizenship, any children born to illegal aliens become automatic U.S. citizens. Thus, illegal aliens can still receive billions of dollars in tax credits for their U.S.-born children,” Ting wrote in a post on the Center for Immigration Studies website.” [”pushed by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio”]
I sent donations to Rubio when he first ran in the primary for the Senate. There were some FReepers at the time who said that Rubio’s record in the Florida House showed he was weak on immigration. But I thought he would at least be better than Suntan Charlie Crist.
Now I’m not so sure.
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>> “Sorry, but the US Supreme Court has never said the children of a mother that is in this country without permission (i.e. illegally) are US citizens.” <<
That is because the 14th amendment says they are not unless the parent came here by lawful means.
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There are no “illegal immigrants with American citizen children.”
The “Anchor Baby” is a leftist media creation, and absolutely nothing more.
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There are no “anchor babies!”
The term is a media creation.
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Mamacita and the 5 Bambinos are on welfare.
Here in PA single mother with 5 kids gets benefits equal to a job making $62,500.
They claim they are unmarried or that Papa abandoned them while he lives in the house and works under the table.
Doing better than many citizens.
It's NOT the children who are receiving the credit--it is the PARENTS. Who in this case are ILLEGAL ALIENS. You are deliberately missing the point I am making and I am not sure why. Maybe you're a millennial? That would explain it. Rubio is NOT your friend. See my original reply to your vapid uninformed posting. You have a lot to learn.
No dumbass. They received the child tax credit under existing law. They receive the CTC because their children are citizens and only a tax ID number is required to file taxes. Rubio did not change this.
Please try to keep up.
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