Safeguards put in place to help prevent Child Tax Credit (CTC) benefits from flowing to illegal immigrants, that Republicans passed as part of the 2017 Trump tax cuts, will be eliminated if Congress fails to act. Throughout the 25-year history of the CTC, there was no meaningful safeguard with respect to illegal immigration until the 2017 Trump tax cuts, when Congressional Republicans added a Social Security Number (SSN) requirement as part of eligibility for the credit. After the SSN require...
