National Data | Chart | EITC: How the Tax Code Subsidizes Immigrants (Including Illegals)

By Edwin S. Rubenstein

05/13/2004

Table 1:

Individual Taxpayer Identification
Numbers Assigned by the IRS
Year	Volume
1996	60,682
1997	1,363,071
1998	566,745
1999	615,413
2000	818,392
2001	1,088,837
2002	1,493,284
2003	1,229,097
Total, 1996-2003	7,235,521

Source: e-mail from David Jordan, IRS analyst, April 22, 2004.
(202) 874-0945

Table 2:

EITC: How the Tax Code Subsidizes Immigrants (Including Illegals)

Immigrant/Native Recipiency Rates of Means-Tested Programs, 2000
Program	Natives	All Immigrants	Mexican illegal Immigrants
SSI	3.9%	5.3%	0.7%
Public Housing	4.2	4.9	1.9
General Assistance TANF)	2.1	3.2	1.2
Food Stamps	5.3	6.7	8.0
Medicaid	12.1	18.6	22.4
Unemployment Benefits	4.7	5.0	7.2
EITC	13.1	25.5	39.4
Source: CIS, Use of Means-tested Programs, July 2001.

Edwin S. Rubenstein is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.

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