> (g) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER REQUIREMENT.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) to an eligible individual who does not include on the return of tax for the taxable year— ‘‘(A) such individual’s valid identification number, ‘‘(B) in the case of a joint return, the valid identification number of such individual’s spouse, and ‘‘(C) in the case of any qualifying child taken into account under subsection (a)(2), the valid identification number of such qualifying child.
> ‘‘(2) VALID IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘valid identification number’ means a social security number (as such term is defined in section 24(h)(7)).
To be reasonable tho, effective hostility toward immigration is historically well represented in both parties (eg: immigration policies under the previous admin).
This is not something limited to U.S. Republicans. Most EU countries exclude illegal immigrants from their universal healthcare systems, for example:https://rmx.news/article/article/germany-should-pay-illegal-...
Giving government benefits to illegal immigrants is a tough issue. On one hand, its rightfully an unpopular policy and risks creating incentives to immigrate illegally. On the other hand, denying benefits risks creating a permanent underclass of people who are prevented from integrating. I tend to believe the best approach is to rigorously enforce immigration restrictions, while including those who the country isn't willing to exclude or deport within the welfare system. But these should be viewed as policy choices, not in terms of "hostility" or some such silliness.
Maybe, but the vocal hostility toward immigrants in the Republican Party is, well, vocal hostility, and not limited to a policy preference for excluding certain immigrants from taxpayer-funded benefits.
People get hostile when other people don't follow the rules and the government doesn't enforce the rules. (E.g. Wall Street after the 2009 recession.) But that's still a matter of policy.
That may or may not be true but it's absolutely reflective of the hostility that that colors immigration policy.
Because ... you got there first? Except you didn't?
But regarding actual illegal immigrants, it's amazing how many people complain about "giving" benefits to immigrants while apparently being completely unaware (or conveniently forgetting) that a significant fraction (perhaps even a majority) of those immigrants actually pay taxes.
The tax code--not just for this purpose, but pretty much all purposes--treats households filing a joint return as a single economic unit.
> But regarding actual illegal immigrants, it's amazing how many people complain about "giving" benefits to immigrants while apparently being completely unaware (or conveniently forgetting) that a significant fraction (perhaps even a majority) of those immigrants actually pay taxes.
Those taxes don't come close to paying for the benefits they use--such as cross-subsidized emergency healthcare, schooling, etc.
> At the federal level, about one-third of outlays are matched by tax collections from illegal aliens. At the state and local level, an average of less than 5 percent of the public costs associated with illegal immigration is recouped through taxes collected from illegal aliens.
> Most illegal aliens do not pay income taxes. Among those who do, much of the revenues collected are refunded to the illegal aliens when they file tax returns. Many are also claiming tax credits resulting in payments from the U.S. Treasury.
A significant fraction of those illegal aliens actually commit fraud by using someone else's SSN. And a large amount of others pay zero tax, because they are paid under the table.
Spare me your criminal-coddling, all illegal aliens should be deported immediately.
[1] https://www.fairus.org/sites/default/files/2017-08/USCostStu...
At least that’s what I’m hoping, so my wife and I can finally collect that $2400 on our next tax return.
They say that, but under Stephen Miller almost every single aspect of legal immigration has been made harder, slower and more expensive than before. After all Steve Bannon said the high number of Asian CEOs in Silicon Valley is not compatible with a civic society and that it's worth it for the US to lose economically while restricting legal immigration.
So what you encountered was a feature, not a bug.
In 2015, under the obama administration, out of 531k immigrant visas (green cards), only 21k were for employment based categories, with 8600 for investors (visas for sale), and only 11k for EB1,2,3 categories (that is high skilled employees of companies and academics/professors in universities).
In 2019, out of 462k green cards, there were 28k employment visas, with 16k for EB1,2,3 categories.
So, an asian would have a better opportunity to get a green card and subsequently become CEO under the trump administration. Both republcians and democrats want this feature of preventing high skilled immigration.
[1] https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Annual... [2] https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Annual...
Even weirder, if your payment would be different between 2018 and 2019 income, the actual payment the law granted earlier this year depended on which returns had been filed at the time the IRS determined eligibility, with no adjustment for subsequent filings.
I qualified for my full payment based on my 2018 income, would not have qualified for anything based on my 2019 income, and did not expect to qualify for 2020 either (although the impact of the pandemic means I actually would). I made sure not to file my 2019 tax return until after I got my payment.
Very badly designed legislation, though there may not have been much alternative if they wanted to act quickly.
With PDF form validation being what it is, I wouldn't be surprised to see people listed as having 5 kids named NA NA NA in USCIS records in the future.
If I'm interpreting the statute correctly, you'd then receive the stimulus next year. (Since anyone who didn't receive it but is qualified will receive it on their 2020 return, filed in 2021.)