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May 13, 2004
Table 1:
EITC: How the Tax Code Subsidizes Immigrants (Including Illegals)
Individual Taxpayer Identification
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Numbers Assigned
by the IRS
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Year |
Volume |
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1996 |
60,682 |
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1997 |
1,363,071 |
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1998 |
566,745 |
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1999 |
615,413 |
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2000 |
818,392 |
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2001 |
1,088,837 |
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2002 |
1,493,284 |
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2003 |
1,229,097 |
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Total, 1996-2003 |
7,235,521 |
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Source: e-mail from David Jordan, IRS analyst,
April 22, 2004.
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(202) 874-0945 |
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Table 2:
EITC: How the Tax Code Subsidizes Immigrants (Including Illegals)
Immigrant/Native Recipiency Rates of
Means-Tested Programs, 2000
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Program |
Natives |
All
Immigrants |
Mexican illegal Immigrants |
|
SSI |
3.9% |
5.3% |
0.7% |
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Public Housing |
4.2 |
4.9 |
1.9 |
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General Assistance TANF) |
2.1 |
3.2 |
1.2 |
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Food Stamps |
5.3 |
6.7 |
8.0 |
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Medicaid |
12.1 |
18.6 |
22.4 |
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Unemployment Benefits |
4.7 |
5.0 |
7.2 |
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EITC |
13.1 |
25.5 |
39.4 |
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Source: CIS,
Use of Means-tested Programs, July 2001.
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Edwin S. Rubenstein (email
him) is President of
ESR Research
Economic Consultants in Indianapolis. |
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