New right wing meme: The stimulus provides 300,000 illegal aliens with jobs?

[Beaverhausen]

LOL! Just read this on another (music) website I post on.

Is this a new rumor that Rush and Faux are pushing?

[DesertFlower]

1. probably. nt

[DBoon]

2. Next they will claim it is part of the homosexual agenda

nt

[Beaverhausen]

3. apparantly the GOP is all over this

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,326346,00.html

Illegal Immigrant Taxpayers to Benefit From House-Approved Stimulus Plan
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

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WASHINGTON — The $146 billion stimulus package intended to jolt the economy by giving taxpayers rebates up to $1,200 includes cash returns for illegal immigrants who pay taxes.

Under the plan passed by the House, illegal immigrants who qualify as "resident aliens" and earned a minimum of $3,000 would be eligible for rebates of between $300-$600, FOX News has learned.

Only those illegals who have been assigned an Individual Tax Identification Number that allows them to file income taxes would be eligible. Resident aliens are defined as people who spend a "substantial" amount of time in the U.S. and have not been deported.

The provision has irked illegal immigration opponents, who say the assigning of TINs and collection of taxes from illegals sanctions their presence in the country.

Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., told FOX News that the bill will certainly stimulate "more illegal immigration

more at the link

[leftstreet]

4. omg Someone check to see if Lou Dobbs has both hands on his desk n/t

[4lbs]

5. The belief is that since hundreds of thousands of construction jobs will be created

due to the infrastructure spending, these will automatically be filled by illegal aliens.

Another BS talking point from the GOPpies.

[4lbs]

6. dupe

dupe