April 15, 2009 4:00 AM

Immigration Tax-Credit Scandal
Illegal immigrants are abusing the EITC.

By James R. Edwards Jr.

Today is Tax Day, a day that recurs in infamy. All of us who work for a living and (unlike a number of Obama appointees) pay our taxes dread this day,

Tax Day is the perfect time to examine less-familiar facets of the tax code, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Economics writer Ed Rubenstein’s new report, “The Earned Income Tax Credit and Illegal Immigration: A Study in Fraud, Abuse, and Liberal Activism,â€