{"id":2649254,"date":"2026-08-25T09:46:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntreasury-dept-closes-more-loopholes-that-gave-illegal-aliens-your-tax-dollars\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:59:19","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntreasury-dept-closes-more-loopholes-that-gave-illegal-aliens-your-tax-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntreasury-dept-closes-more-loopholes-that-gave-illegal-aliens-your-tax-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Treasury Dept. Closes Loopholes That Gave Illegals Tax Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntreasury-dept-closes-more-loopholes-that-gave-illegal-aliens-your-tax-dollars%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2649254&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced new regulations aimed at preventing illegal aliens from receiving government benefits. These regulations clarify that only U.S. citizens and qualified legal aliens are eligible for certain federal tax credits, including the adoption tax credit, child tax credit, American opportunity tax credit, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-wants-15-federal-minimum-wage-reports-small-businesses-would-be-hardest-hit\/\" title=\"Amazon Wants  ... Minimum Wage; Reports: Small Businesses Would Be Hardest Hit\">earned income tax credit<\/a>, thereby blocking illegal aliens from claiming them. If implemented, these rules will also impose penalties for dishonest claims.<\/p>\n<p>This move is part of a broader effort by the Trump governance to enforce existing laws and close loopholes exploited by illegal immigrants.It builds on presidential executive orders targeting illegal immigration, such as curbing benefits access and scrutinizing financial transactions linked to illegal activities. The administration seeks to utilize existing laws to tighten enforcement, including measures to debank and deport illegal aliens and to strengthen immigration inadmissibility criteria like the public charge rule.<\/p>\n<p>A thorough strategy includes enforcement actions like arrests and deportations, reducing illegal aliens&#8217; access to public benefits, and incentivizing self-deportation through financial measures. These efforts aim to address the large scale of illegal immigration through multiple coordinated approaches, emphasizing a need for all available legal tools to restore control over immigration and protect taxpayers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced new regulations to clarify existing federal law and prevent illegal aliens from collecting government benefits. Bessent <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecScottBessent\/status\/2090062335066898452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X: \u201cUnder @POTUS, the days of illegal aliens collecting taxpayer-funded benefits are over. The federal law is clear, and @USTreasury is enforcing it. American taxpayers should not be forced to foot the bill for benefits going to those who are barred by law from receiving them. These proposed regulations end the abuse, protect the integrity of the tax system, and put Americans first.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>These new policies are crucial to the Trump administration plan to reclaim our nation from the massive inflow of illegal aliens under Joe Biden. <\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sb0608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">newly proposed regulations<\/a> from the Trump administration aim to clarify enforcement of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). That 1996 statute signed into law by President Bill Clinton established that only U.S. citizens and qualified legal aliens are eligible to receive federal public benefits.  <\/p>\n<p>The new regulations clarify that four kinds of tax refunds are indeed \u201cfederal public benefits,\u201d which means illegal aliens are ineligible to receive them. The credits are: the adoption tax credit, the child tax credit, the American opportunity tax credit, and the earned income tax credit. All of these can be claimed by individual American citizens or qualified legal, taxpaying aliens, but the Treasury Department and IRS aim to block illegal aliens from receiving these tax refunds.  <\/p>\n<p>If these regulations go into effect following the legally mandated notice-and-comment process, illegal aliens in the United States will be prevented from receiving these credits but also would be liable for perjury if they seek to dishonestly claim these credits. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Reviving Enforcement of Existing Laws<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>These regulations are the latest move in an ongoing campaign by the Trump administration, particularly Treasury Secretary Bessent, to close loopholes that allowed\u00a0 illegal aliens to exploit our benefits and financial system. President Trump\u2019s February 19, 2025 executive order, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/02\/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-open-borders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders<\/a>,\u201d instructed the heads of all executive departments and agencies to identify all federally funded programs enabling illegal aliens to\u00a0 obtain benefits and then curtail them consistent with applicable laws. <\/p>\n<p>On May 19, Trump issued executive order \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/05\/restoring-integrity-to-americas-financial-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Restoring Integrity to America\u2019s Financial System<\/a>.\u201d This instructed federal financial regulators to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >scrutinize money transfers funding cartels<\/a> and human trafficking, to investigate and curtail illegal methods of paying illegal aliens and opening accounts, and to designate illegal aliens as a lending risk for banks. Collectively, this push to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/derzum_\/status\/2056942569007784052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debank<\/a>\u201d illegal aliens and those employing them is a long overdue step in the battle against rampant illegal immigration.  <\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration can use plenty of existing laws to debank and deport illegals.\u00a0 As usual, many federal laws have been insufficiently enforced, and the federal and state governments have been complicit in allowing the corruption and abuse of government benefits and the employment of illegal aliens, at the expense of American citizens.  <\/p>\n<p>Through regulations, the Trump administration can clarify existing laws and give vital instructions reinstating enforcement. By relying on existing laws, the Trump administration can also skirt scrutiny from the activist judiciary as much as possible.  <\/p>\n<p>While the proposed regulations are aimed at deterring illegal aliens, they also clarify existing laws to curb the admission of legal immigrants who seek to rely on public benefits.\u00a0 Just recently the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency within the Department of Homeland Security <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/newsroom\/alerts\/uscis-issues-guidance-on-making-public-charge-inadmissibility-determination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued guidance<\/a> on how they intend to enforce the \u201cpublic charge rule,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/derzum_\/status\/2090104136243073145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">long-standing but insufficiently clarified feature of U.S. immigration law<\/a> rendering aliens inadmissible if they are likely to become a public charge.  <\/p>\n<p>USCIS clarified its officers will now take into account the potential immigrant\u2019s \u201clikelihood at any time of becoming a public charge, including the alien\u2019s receipt of means-tested public benefits,\u00a0such as\u00a0cash assistance for income maintenance, housing assistance, food stamps, financial aid for college, or any other similar benefit.\u201d This is hopefully another key strategy to curb legal immigration that is likely to burden taxpayers.  <\/p>\n<h2><strong>A Multi-Pronged Strategy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To reclaim our nation from massive illegal residency, forcible arrests and deportations are necessary. The Trump administration continues to excel in this regard, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/derzum_\/status\/2088085807751966928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hitting successive record months of arrests and deportation removal flights<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>However, it will be very difficult to arrest, detain, and deport tens of millions of illegal aliens, so the Trump administration is prudently pursuing efficient, comprehensive ways to disincentivize illegal aliens from continued residency. Under President Trump, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2087969468433494150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">border remains secure<\/a>, but regulations aimed at curtailing illegal aliens\u2019 access to public benefits are essential to incentivize self-deportation.\u00a0 We are witnessing a well-coordinated, multi-pronged strategy targeting illegal aliens. It includes the threat of arrest and deportation, the curtailing of public benefits, and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2089844486243320060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">small financial incentives to self-deport<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>All of these prongs are necessary, given the magnitude of our problem. We cannot rely on one strategy only, but must employ every legal means to reverse illegal immigration.  <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Samuel Kimzey is a doctoral student at Hillsdale College and a 2025 Publius Fellow at the Claremont Institute. He holds a B.A. in History and Christian Studies from Bluefield College and an M.A. in Humanities from the University of Dallas, and previously taught at Valley Classical School in Blacksburg, Virginia. Find him on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SamuelMKimzey\" target=\"_blank\">@SamuelMKimzey<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Treasury enforces laws to stop illegal aliens from benefits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3922,"featured_media":2649255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pexels-thuanvo09-8175147-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[10680,40105,3813,38341],"class_list":["post-2649254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-finance","tag-government-regulation","tag-immigration","tag-tax-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pexels-thuanvo09-8175147-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3922"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2649254"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2649267,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649254\/revisions\/2649267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2649255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2649254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2649254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2649254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}