The idea is that if you have a child, right, that is a U.S. citizen, you may not be a documented immigrant, you may not have citizenship, but the idea is that for an American child to claim that credit, right, we do not want to punish a child just for having undocumented parents.
On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
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Booker advocates for not penalizing U.S. citizen children due to their parents' immigration status.
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