But. clearly. a significant portion of the folks we are talking about are here illegally and working illegally. That is wrong. and we need the legislation I am proposing to fix that. with four important goals in mind. First of all. we need to see if the folks who are sending these remittances are here illegally. second. we need to ensure U.S. taxpayer fairness. third. we need to address inaccurate U.S. data on remittances and collect all the facts. and. fourth. we need to make sure that illegal aliens who are receiving U.S. benefits arewe need to see if they are remitting higher amounts abroad. My legislation would address all of these goals and would fundamentally get a handle on the situation and make sure that those who are not in this country legally pay a substantial fee. and that fee would be used on border security and other immigration enforcement. That could grow a significant amount of revenue specifically dedicated to border and other enforcement. The second proposal I have is in the form of other freestanding legislation. which I also introduced this week as a Senate floor amendment for the supplemental appropriations bill. It is about child tax credits. This amendment addresses a clear loophole in the IRS code that allows illegal aliens to access incometaxbased benefits. such as the child tax credit and the additional child tax credit. According to the Treasury Departments inspector generalagain. this is not some partisan Republican source. it is the Obama administrations inspector general for Treasury. They issued a report recently that said $4.2 billionwith a Bis sent each year to folks who are probably here illegally and do not qualify under these programs.
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