you're illegal, you don't get eitc. now, what about those who have rpi status? they are paying into the system. they are paying in taxes. they're doing everything like another citizen. and so it's, it's questionable whether they should be excluded from eitc. it's a value choice. senator mccain incidentally a post this in 2006. he said it would impose an indefensible double standard on legalized workers, patently unfair to make them abide by our tax rules, and have to do everything on the thing inside but not just of on the paying outside. but this amendment has a fatal flaw. it would not only deny rpi eitc, but also those who have a blue card status or are refugees, illegal immigrants who were never in the u.s. in an undocumented way would be included as well but and i'm sure most of my colleagues would agree that we shouldn't deal with that. >> senator schumer, this is already the law, i don't know why you would want to make it clear. it seems to me, quite clear, that under the law that if you have a social security number, then you will be eligible for eitc. s

clear that under the law that if you have a social security number and then you will be eligible for eitc. i think you would be willing to accept that and i think it's consistent with what you have been telling american people repeatedly, that there be no poverty program benefit under your plan for those who enter the country illegally and we would now be given legal status helping them improve their current status that they could work anywhere in the country and take any job. i would think you would want to support this. >> let me reiterate. as i said illegal immigrantimmigrant s under present law and under our bill would not be entitled. this gives people a perfectly legal, people who have refugee status in blue card status in agricultuagricultu reand i say one other thing here to my colleague and all of my colleagues. senator hatch it couldn't be here speaking with them regularly this weekend has an interest in some of these issues and has proposed amendments as well. most of these are finance committee jurisdiction of amendments and under the chairman's leadership and senator grassley