Thread: ACTIVISTS! Congress Poised to Give Tax Rebates to IAs

ACTION ALERT!!!

Congress Poised to Give Tax Rebates to Illegal Aliens
Call Your Senators Now!

The economic stimulus package traveling through Congress right now does nothing to stop the IRS from issuing rebate checks to illegal aliens. Please call your Senators now and urge them to take action!

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed H.R.5140, the economic stimulus package, by a vote of 385-35. As many of you have already learned from news outlets, the economic package includes tax rebates of $600 for individual taxpayers and $1,200 for couples. However, this package—thrown together within days—allows the IRS to send tax rebate checks to illegal aliens!

The issue stems from defining who is eligible for a tax rebate. In drafting H.R.5140, Congress left gaping loopholes. Section 101 excludes "nonresident aliens" from being eligible, but this is essentially meaningless as the IRS does not determine whether an individual is a "nonresident alien" based on his or her immigration status. Moreover, it does not address the eligibility of illegal aliens who send in tax returns using stolen or false social security numbers.

At a minimum, the IRS should be required to screen the numbers (whether individual taxpayer identification numbers (ITINs) or social security numbers (SSNs)) used to issue the checks to ensure they match the name of the taxpayer in question. If a name and number do not match, the IRS should be prohibited from issuing a tax rebate check. Senator John Ensign (R-NV) has filed an amendment to affect this change, but we do not know whether he will even be allowed to offer it.

H.R.5140 is now in the Senate and will go through the Senate Finance Committee this afternoon. From there, Senate staffers indicate it will go quickly to the floor. PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW!

We urge all FAIR members, activists and friends to call their Senators now and urge them to fix the loopholes in H.R. 5140 that allow illegal aliens to get tax rebate checks. After calling your own Senators, please call the Senators who sit on the Finance Committee and urge them to take action too.

To find the phone numbers for your Senators, click here: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_i ... rs_cfm.cfm

For the membership of the Senate Finance Committee, click here: http://www.senate.gov/~finance/

Thanks. Just took action.

Sen Ensign (R-NV) speaking right now on CSpan2 about the issue in Sen Finance Comm. meeting (12:06pm PT)

Just mentioned, that 'this bill allows people here in this country to be getting a rebate, I'm not sure this is something the American people can support'.



http://www.cspan.org

Look for the CSpan2 link in lower right corner to access the video feed (live)

I'm tuned in...they just said they are going to make sure this money does not go to illegal aliens

Baucus speaking -
Chairman Baucus (D-MT) just said he and the committee will go over the version of the bill passed up from House to make sure that no benefits will go to Illegal Immigrants in the US.

Salazar (D-CO) speaking now - Talking about the need to get relief to limited income seniors, and is badly needed. Economy needs to stimulus, Senate passed Farm Bill, etc. etc.

12:10pm PT

I've called my two Senators, now I am calling the Senate Finance Committee.

Yea...just like they were going to secure our borders after 911.

Just like they were going to do something about Healthcare.



Bunch of thieving liars.

Sen. Rockefeller (D-WV) speaking now.
Talking about effect of unemployment, addition of newly-unemployed onto Medicaid roles, - individual real-effect is significant. Stimulus will help those people, etc.

12:13pm PT
Sen Wyden (D-OR ) speaking...
Talking about infrastructure and spending policy. Quoting Mike Bloomberg () re: immediate financing of infrastructure projects.
Creation of good-paying jobs, etc. Offering a list of projects that would be good candidates for Federal spending targeted toward specific infrastructure projects..., blah, blah,....

Originally Posted by PhredE

Baucus speaking -
Chairman Baucus (D-MT) just said he and the committee will go over the version of the bill passed up from House to make sure that no benefits will go to Illegal Immigrants in the US.

Salazar (D-CO) speaking now - Talking about the need to get relief to limited income seniors, and is badly needed. Economy needs to stimulus, Senate passed Farm Bill, etc. etc.

12:10pm PT

http://www.cspan.org/watch/cs_cspan2_rm ... V&Code=CS2
Is this the location for the hearings that you are referring to?

Originally Posted by PhredE

Sen. Rockefeller (D-WV) speaking now.
Talking about effect of unemployment, addition of newly-unemployed onto Medicaid roles, - individual real-effect is significant. Stimulus will help those people, etc.

12:13pm PT
Sen Wyden (D-OR ) speaking...
Talking about infrastructure and spending policy. Quoting Mike Bloomberg () re: immediate financing of infrastructure projects.
Creation of good-paying jobs, etc. Offering a list of projects that would be good candidates for Federal spending targeted toward specific infrastructure projects..., blah, blah,....

How much you want to bet this has something to do with the NAFTA super highway...sure would like to see which roads he has plans for