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McHenry Introduces No Free Rides Act

Today, Chief Deputy Whip Patrick McHenry (R, NC-10) introduced H.R. 1249, the No Free Rides Act. H.R. 1249 would prohibit illegal aliens who have received Social Security numbers through President Obama's deferred prosecution of illegal immigrants from using the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Under President Obama's executive actions on immigration illegal immigrants who qualify for the program are eligible to receive Social Security numbers. Illegal immigrants who have Social Security numbers and meet certain other criteria would qualify for the EITC. "President Obama's immigration action giving millions of illegal immigrants Social Security numbers marked an unprecedented executive overreach," said Congressman McHenry. "Now we learn tha... Read More >