Did you know that the IRS, last year alone, allowed illegal aliens in the U.S. to collect $4.2 billion in refundable tax credits? This is according to a new audit and is almost quadruple the dollar figure of five years ago. Illegals are not eligible to obtain a Social Security Number for employment. What they do instead is obtain an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number from the IRS. Then they use the ITIN to file a tax return and claim the Additional Child Tax Credit, a refund intended for American families. The audit found that 72 percent of returns filed with an ITIN claimed the child tax credit. To add insult to injury, the IRS says it lacks the authority to disallow the claims.

This is outrageous and out-and-out fraud. Our nation’s debt is over $14.5 trillion and counting, and no wonder.

Mike Gordon

Albert Lea