Treasury Deals Major Blow to Benefits for Noncitizens
EDITORIAL:
Note that the Treasury Secretary identified THREE programs under the I.R.C. as “benefits”/franchises! Even a tax refund is now a “benefit” illegal aliens can’t get!
Don’t sit there and say the income tax is not a franchise!
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Story by Michael Davis, Wichita Eagle, 12/1/25
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Treasury will move to block tax refunds and certain tax credits for people living in the U.S. illegally at President Donald Trump’s direction.
Bessent said, “Refunded portions of the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Additional Child Tax Credit, the American Opportunity Tax Credit and the Saver’s Match will be blocked.”
Bessent added, “If you’re here illegally, there’s no place for you in our financial system.”
Bessent said refunded portions of the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Additional Child Tax Credit, the American Opportunity Tax Credit and the Saver’s Match will be blocked. He wrote on X that people in the country illegally have no place in the U.S. financial system and that efforts to use banks to move illicit funds will end.
President Donald Trump said, “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover.”
Officials have not explained how the policy will be implemented, how courts will rule on any legal challenges, or which benefits and individuals will be affected.