Ron Wyden: “People come and say, well, Ron, all the harvest is going to be outside the small rural areas and they're still going to…”

The proposed rule is clear regulatory overreach that would have disastrous impacts for lawfully present immigrants and their families who are legally eligible for refundable tax credits.

This interpretation is wildly inconsistent with the longstanding treatment of other provisions that use identical or near-identical language.

Turning the 1040 into an immigration tracker actively sabotages voluntary tax compliance and undermines the IRS’s core tax collection responsibilities.

As Congress debates solutions to protect our privacy and civil liberties, the MITRE report could provide important information about how these cameras and other surveillance programs are already impacting Americans’ rights.