Should undocumented immigrants who file income tax returns receive tax rebates?

It is a good issue. But how does that work? How do you get an ITIN without papers? My wife has always been legal in the US and had an ITIN for years - she didn't want to work so she never applied for a SSN - but needed and ITIN so she could be approved as a dependant in my tax return.

Sounds like a good issue.

I also like JZipp's suggestion about the issue of undocumented immigrants filing tax returns. How exactly does that work anyway?

Another nod to our messed up immigration [legal & illegal] situation... looks like a good issue to me...

Side note... should undocumented immigrants file income tax returns to begin with? Seems somewhat of an oxymoron that they're living and working here undocumented and illegally (for various reasons... obviously) but still file with the IRS... hmm.... interesting.

It's a bill... looks good.

The Politico:

The text of the House passed bill contains language making "non resident aliens" _ illegal immigrants _ ineligible for the tax rebates. But every year, hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants use individual taxpayer identification numbers, known as ITINs, to file income tax returns with the IRS. These ID numbers are used instead of Social Security numbers. There are no exact statistics for how many illegal immigrants file tax returns, but this New York Times story from last year details the significant increase in use of ITINs. This story also lays out the issue.

 

Immigration advocates point out that many legal immigrants use ITINs, so it would be impossible to outlaw rebates for everyone who uses this form of ID in tax returns.