WASHINGTON (BHN) - An audit shows that the Internal Revenue Service allowed illegal immigrants to collect $4.2 billion in refundable tax credits last year, quadruple the sum of five years ago.
Illegal immigrants or "undocumented workers" as the Obama administration prefers to call them, are not eligible for federal benefits, but that hasn't stopped them from applying for and getting billions of dollars worth of money and services from the IRS and other government agencies.
The Obama administration was quick to argue the positive aspect of the refunds, calling them "job-creating stimulus," and pointing to the fact that car stereo, spray paint, and marijuana sales in Hispanic neighborhoods have quadrupled in the last five years.
My comments: It's comforting to know that the tax refunds I didn't qualify for aren't going to waste!
Obama administration stimulus at work