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Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006

Date: May 25, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Immigration


COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM ACT OF 2006 -- (Senate - May 25, 2006)

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EARNED INCOME CREDIT

Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, Senator Ensign has proposed amendment No. 4136 to this immigration bill.

Mr. ENSIGN. My amendment is designed to accomplish two purposes: one, deny the earned income credit, EIC, to undocumented workers; and two, to ensure that applicants under section 601 are not manipulating their tax attributes to generate refunds that would not otherwise be due.

Mr. GRASSLEY. I agree with the objectives of Senator Ensign's amendment. I note that the Finance Committee report welfare reform bill, known as the PRIDE Act, contains a technical correction to ensure that Senator Ensign's and my objective with respect to the EIC is met.

Secondly, I will work with Senator Ensign and other interested members of the conference to achieve our second objective. We recognize this amendment is our first attempt to make sure the applicants are fully compliant with our Nation's tax law. As such, the underlying bill's provisions and Senator Ensign's amendment will need to be further examined in conference.

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