‘It’s a game changer’: California budget includes tax breaks for undocumented families

Undocumented immigrants with young children will now have a chance to get two tax breaks in the California budget now headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his expected signature.

The tax credits will be available to eligible California workers with Individual Tax Identification Numbers and at least one child under the age of 6. Currently, the California Earned Income Tax and Young Child Tax credits are available only to eligible California workers with Social Security Numbers.

Alissa Anderson, a policy analyst at the California Budget & Policy Center, said the budget provision is the first time the Senate, Assembly and governor have agreed to include the tax break for ITIN filers.

She credits the “growing momentum” from some California mayors, legislators, legislative caucuses and years of work from advocacy groups that made the tax breaks possible during a year in which the state budget faced a $54 billion deficit.

It’s possible the pandemic also played a role, she said.

“We have existing inequities in California, and the COVID crisis has just amplified those,” Anderson said. “We know that immigrants have been hit especially hard by the economic crisis. This crisis is really highlighting that there’s no time for inequitable policies.”

Read more here: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article243742367.html#storylink=cpy

Report: Beijing Refuses to Repatriate Chinese Citizens Stuck in the U.S. Illegally

As many as tens of thousands of Chinese nationals are currently stuck in the U.S. because China refuses to repatriate them. In 2015, U.S. immigration authorities estimated that 38,000 Chinese citizens were awaiting deportation, 900 people among them classified as violent offenders.

While many of the people awaiting deportation to China have committed serious crimes, others are guilty of lesser infractions, such as overstaying their visas or breaking traffic laws, according to the report.

International immigration rules stipulate that recipient countries must approve all arrivals, including their own citizens. Under these rules, airlines may deny boarding access to passengers without proper documentation. According to the SCMP, China often refuses the arrival of its own citizens, claiming that their immigrant documents are “insufficient,” their passports are “counterfeit,” or that those involved simply are not Chinese.

For its failure to cooperate with the deportation process, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has labeled China “recalcitrant.” The department has assigned this label to other obstinate countries and special regions who refuse to repatriate their own citizens, among them Iran, Pakistan, Cuba, and Eritrea.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has redoubled efforts to persuade “recalcitrant” nations to take back their citizens after previous administrations failed to make headway on the issue. In a strategy report released last month, the U.S. accused China of breaking its international commitments and “creating security risks for American communities” by not repatriating its citizens stranded in the U.S. illegally, many of whom are violent offenders.

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2020/06/27/report-beijing-refuses-to-repatriate-chinese-citizens-stuck-in-the-u-s-illegally/

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3090718/limbo-thousands-chinese-citizens-stuck-us-illegally

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