{"id":61786,"date":"2025-11-22T12:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=61786"},"modified":"2025-11-22T12:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:10:10","slug":"stopping-an-unnecessary-drain-on-americas-finances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=61786","title":{"rendered":"Stopping An Unnecessary Drain On America’s Finances"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, Breitbart<\/a> posted an article about a new regulation being put in place by the U.S. Treasury Department that will potentially save taxpayers anywhere from $870 million to $1.6 billion.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump\u2019s Treasury Department will issue a new rule that prevents illegal aliens and foreign nationals from securing income tax credits such as the lucrative Earned Income Tax Credit and Additional Child Tax Credit, Breitbart News has exclusively learned.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Thursday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the agency would issue new regulations regarding who is eligible for such income tax credits under the\u00a0Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA).<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cUnder President Trump\u2019s leadership, we are enforcing the law and preventing illegal aliens from claiming tax benefits intended for American citizens,\u201d Bessent told Breitbart News.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In particular, the rule will clarify that refunded portions of the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Additional Child Tax Credit, the American Opportunity Tax Credit, and the Saver\u2019s Match Credit are federal public benefits and, therefore, illegal aliens and other foreign nationals will not be eligible to receive such benefits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…The rule comes after the Department of Justice\u2019s Office of Legal Counsel released an opinion on the matter that interprets income tax credits as federal public benefits, thus making illegal aliens ineligible.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Researchers estimate that illegal aliens given Social Security Numbers likely enjoy $2.9 billion in cash payments \u2014 $2 billion deriving from the Earned Income Tax Credit and about $890 million from the Additional Child Tax Credit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Likewise, illegal aliens with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers are estimated to receive anywhere from $870 million to $1.6 billion in Additional Child Tax Credit payments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Treasury Department rule is set to take effect for the 2026 tax year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

America has an economic safety net for Americans. We cannot afford to have an economic safety net for the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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