VIDEO: Gang Of Eight Splits On Public Benefits For Amnestied Illegal Aliens‏

May 20, 2013

For Immediate Release

Contact:  Stephen Miller,

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Gang Of Eight Splits On Public Benefits For Amnestied Illegal Aliens

“One of the things we identified a year or two ago was that large numbers of [illegal immigrants] have become eligible immediately for the earned income tax credit. The average person who qualifies for earned income tax credits gets about $2,000 a year… It’s actually a direct check from the United States government…

EITC is generally available to anyone that has a Social Security number… As these [registered provisional immigrants] are all established and get a Social Security number, they will qualify, it appears under the law, for earned income tax credit. I’m not sure the sponsors understood that, because they’ve insisted that RPI aliens will not receive any federal benefits under the bill. But [their legislation] would grant such benefits to millions and be a substantial burden on our country’s finances…”