“The economic recovery act that Congress recently passed provides a much-needed cash “recovery rebate” for most American taxpayers, but it excludes those families in which any family member lacks a Social Security Number. This exclusion harms mixed-status families, including families with U.S. citizen children, many of whom have filed tax returns using an ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) rather than a Social Security Number. These families, many of whom are also ineligible for Unemployment Insurance, have filed tax returns using an ITIN have paid the same share of income taxes as those with Social Security Numbers and deserve the same assistance.  Moreover, “recovery rebates” to immigrant workers and entrepreneurs, including those without Social Security Numbers, would, like payments to other taxpayers, benefit the Massachusetts economy as a whole.”

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