and that is what they are doing claiming nieces and nephews and some have never been to the united states. >>eric: so, harry reid, senator harry reid, he said that he wants to block efforts do make that illegal. how is he doing that? >>guest: so, senator sessions and vitter put together a plan that would require individuals to give a social security number so the inspector general and department of treasury said the best way to combat the fraud is to require individuals to give their social security number so that is what the senators have done. well, of course, harry reid has blocked this by not, by not allowing the senate to vote on this bill. and he claims this is not that big of a deal, and this is too extreme of a measure for the problem and it is not that big of a problem. >>eric: i will read a statement from harry reid saying "tax fraud is a very serious problem we should address but this poorly constructed proposal is so broad it would take away tax credits from millions of hard working family whose childrens are american citizens." what does he mean by that? >>guest: well, that is not tr