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Republican say Obama giving immigrants 'amnesty bonuses'

WASHINGTON (AP) Millions of immigrants benefiting from President Barack Obama's executive actions could get a windfall from the IRS, a reversal of fortune after years of paying taxes to help fund government programs they were banned from receiving.

Armed with new Social Security numbers, many of these immigrants who were living in the U.S. illegally will now be able to claim up to four years' worth of tax credits designed to benefit the working poor. For big families, that's a maximum of nearly $24,000, as long as they can document their earnings during those years.

Some Republicans are labeling the payments "amnesty bonuses," one more reason they oppose Obama's program shielding millions of immigrants from deportation.

"I represent hard working, law-biding Texans," said Rep. Sam Johnson, a senior Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee. "I think these amnesty rewards, and that's what they are, need to be stopped."

Advocates argue that many of these immigrants pay taxes, so they should be able to claim the same tax credits as anybody else. Over the past decade, immigrants in the U.S. illegally have paid an estimated $100 billion in Social Security payroll taxes, even though few will ever be able to collect benefits, said Stephen Goss, Social Security's chief actuary.

Obama has issued executive orders shielding about 4 million immigrants from deportation. Some were brought to the U.S. as children; others are parents of children who are either U.S. citizens or legal residents.

Republicans in Congress oppose Obama's actions and are trying to use a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security to overturn them. Democrats are resisting, resulting in a stalemate that is threatening to shut down the department.

Funding for the department, which oversees immigration enforcement, runs out Feb. 27.

The dispute over tax credits illustrates the complicated relationship that many immigrants have with the U.S. tax system. Social Security estimates that immigrants living in the country illegally work at about the same rate as the rest of the population, even though federal law bars them from employment.

In general, they are less likely to pay federal taxes. Those who do have been boosting Social Security's finances for years.

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Sen. Mark Obenshain Delivers the Weekly Virginia Republican Address – Video


Sen. Mark Obenshain Delivers the Weekly Virginia Republican Address
Sen. Mark Obenshain delivers the Weekly Virginia Republican Address. This week #39;s topics include GOP efforts to protect our children by fighting human traffic...

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Del. Tag Greason Delivers the Weekly Virginia Republican Address – Video


Del. Tag Greason Delivers the Weekly Virginia Republican Address
Del. Tag Greason delivers this week #39;s Virginia Republican Address.

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Republican: Get Rid of Citizens United and You’ll Destroy the Bill of Rights! – Video


Republican: Get Rid of Citizens United and You #39;ll Destroy the Bill of Rights!
GOP Senator Chuck Grassley says overturning Citizens United could lead to abolishing the entire Bill of Rights! This clip from the Majority Report, live M-F ...

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Republican Club of Chathams to party this Sunday

THE CHATHAMS - The Republican Club of the Chathams (RCC) will host its seventh annual celebration of Lincolns birthday from 4 to 6 p.m. this Sunday, Feb. 15, at Caf Beethoven, 262 Main St., Chatham. Delicious light refreshments will be served, including wine.

The event costs $20 per person. All are welcome.

President Abraham Lincoln was the founder of the Republican Party, said Cindy Steffens, president of the RCC. Celebrating Lincolns birthday each year is a terrific Republican tradition.

Brown On Hand

Former New Jersey state Senator Leanna Brown, founder of the RCC, will attend. In more than 50 years of distinguished public service, Brown served as a Chatham Borough Council member; a Morris County Freeholder; the Morris County Freeholder Director; the New Jersey Association of Counties President; as a New Jersey state Assemblywoman; as a New Jersey state Senator, and as a New Jersey Casino Control Commissioner. From 2007 to 2009, she served on the Presidents Commission on White House Fellows.

Brown currently writes a syndicated column, "Upbeat New Jersey," for the New Jersey Hills Media Group, including this newspaper.

Civil War Writer

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, this years event will feature special guest speaker Bill Styple of Chatham, a well-known Civil War historian.

A fund-raising event will be held for a copy of one of his two books, "Tell Me of Lincoln," and "McClellans Other Story: the Political Intrigue of Colonel Thomas M. Key." Participation in the fund-raising is free for RCC members who have paid their 2015 dues, and $1 for all others.

RCC members, and those who wish to become members, may pay their annual dues at the Lincolns birthday event. Annual dues are $20 per person.

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