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No Rebates for Immigrant Taxpayers—or Yank Spouses

Caught in rules designed to cut illegal immigrants

By Laurel Jorgensen, Newser Staff

Posted May 12, 2008 3:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – Hundreds of thousands of legal, taxpaying immigrants and their Americans spouses are among the unhappy few who won’t be getting a tax rebate check, AP reports. Taxpayers need a Social Security number to qualify—a rule intended to carve out illegal immigrants. Also inadvertently... Read full story »

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No Rebates for Immigrant Taxpayers—or Yank Spouses

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