Thread: Granting Rebates to IAs Unfair & Won't Help Economy

Granting Rebates to Illegal Aliens is Unfair and Won’t Help U.S. Economy, Warns FAIR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The inclusion of illegal aliens in a tax rebate package approved by the House of Representatives is unfair to law-abiding Americans and will likely result in billions more dollars leaving the U.S. economy, warns the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). Under the legislation passed by the House, illegal aliens would unfairly be rewarded with the same benefits as citizens and legal residents. Moreover, with an estimated $50 billion already leaving the U.S. each year in the form of remittances sent abroad, much of the rebates given to illegal aliens is likely to find its way into the economies of other countries.


In order to ensure that only citizens and legal residents benefit from rebates, FAIR is urging Congress to require the IRS to ensure that Social Security numbers and individual taxpayer identification numbers used to issue the checks are valid and match the taxpayer names. No rebates should be issued to filers using invalid Social Security numbers, or whose numbers do not match information in the database.

“Americans all across the country are hurting as a result of the worsening economic situation. People are losing their jobs, the value of the homes is plummeting, and the purpose of the tax rebate is to get people spending money in their own communities,â€

The bill has been amended to preclude ILLEGAL ALIENS getting a stimulus check.