Posted on 12/17/2017 7:33:39 AM PST by upchuck
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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