Thread: IRS pays illegal immigrants $4.2 billion while stalling Tea Parties

By Kenric Ward
Published October 22, 2013
foxnews.com

While harrying and stalling Tea Party groups seeking nonprofit status, the Internal Revenue Service mailed $4.2 billion in child-credit checks to undocumented immigrants.

Critics say midlevel IRS bureaucrats continue to abuse the Additional Child Tax Credit program by dispensing $1,000 checks to families in this country illegally.

“The law needs clarification that undocumented immigrants are not eligible,” Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, told Watchdog.org in a statement.

To make Congress’ intent clear -- that only legal U.S. residents are entitled to ACTC credits -- Grassley co-sponsored a clarifying amendment with Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo.

“Unfortunately, the majority leader (Harry Reid, D-Nev.) cut off debate, so we weren’t given the chance to offer our amendment,” said Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013...g-tea-parties/

$4.2 billion should could have kept a lot of veteran memorials open last week ..

Obama’s IRS Pays out $4.2 Billion to Illegal Immigrants, Tea Party Left Hangin