President Obama and Donald Trump see immigration differently. The President’s aggressive executive action on immigration is still being litigated, and Mr. Trump proposes action of a different kind. In the meantime, tax credits and refunds for illegal immigrants have become controversial. Mr. Trump says illegal immigrants get $4.2 billion in tax credits. He can point to a 2011 audit by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. It confirms that individuals who are not authorized to work in the United States were paid $4.2 billion in refundable credits.
It sounds crazy, and yet one source says Trump is the one being unfair, taking this out of context, and not counting their taxes paid. Bear in mind that undocumented immigrants cannot legitimately get Social Security numbers. However, they can file taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number or ITIN. They are not supposed to get the Earned Income Tax Credit, but they can receive the additional child tax credit.
That, rather than Mr. Trump, is the culprit. Mr. Trump might also point out the arguably bigger flap over the illegal immigrants whose status would be legitimized under the President’s executive action. That boondoggle is arguably even bigger, involving the Earned Income Tax Credit. Yet, it is the same refundable tax credit responsible for billions in fraudulent refunds.
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This is just one of the many reasons we need Trump.
Ok so say I purchase an item and decide to return it; my money used to purchase that item is refunded to me. I get the money back for returning a product. If I don't have a product to return, don't have the receipt or didn't actually purchase the product then I don't get a refund. That's how a refund works, right?? So how the hell can you get a tax refund if YOU DON'T PAY TAXES?!?!?! How can you get a refund if you don't have a receipt (AKA Social Security Number)? How can you get a refund if you don't have a product to return (AKA income credit, child credit, etc)?? Look, I don't care so much about immigrants coming to America - if anything it could help our economy by creating cheap labor and increasing domestic manufacturing and production, but make them pay taxes! If these people want to be here so badly then let them become LEGAL citizens and pay the government like the rest of us. If they don't want to pay taxes then ship their asses back to where they came from. It is that simple. They come here for two reasons 1) to get away from the tyranny and poverty of their origination and 2) because we allow them an easy avenue to make money, receive benefits and live under the radar. Take away the "perks" of being an illegal immigrant and guess what happens... THEY QUIT HOPPING OUR BORDERS ILLEGALLY!! We are the laughing stock of the world when it comes to problems cause by our own policies!
Well, really. Why wouldn't he?
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