Illegals typically have no money withheld for federal income tax. They don’t have valid social security numbers. The IRS gives them Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITIN’s). They file tax returns with their anchor babies listed as dependent children. The anchor babies have valid social security numbers. The illegal alien, who had zero federal income tax withheld, then recieves a refund from the IRS because the child tax credit is a refundable credit. There was a move afoot in congress to stop this multi billion dollar scam but the GOP chickened out when La Raza started to scream “racism.”
According to IRS publications, you cannot get the refundable Earned Income Tax Credit with the ITIN, but the illegals can and do collect the child tax credit. A refundable tax credit is a credit that not only reduces any tax owed, but actually comes back to you if you have little or zero income tax liability.
I think some used to use fake SS cards/Green cards to work and would file taxes with