Exclusive | Trump admin axes refundable tax credits for illegal migrants, saving taxpayers $3B

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 19, 2026 · 304 words · By Josh Christenson; Ryan King

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Trump admin axes refundable tax credits for illegal migrants, saving taxpayers $3B See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is cutting illegal immigrants off from getting kickbacks from four major refundable tax credit programs – in a move that could save taxpayers an estimated $3 billion.

Common ground

The Treasury Department and IRS unveiled new rules on Wednesday to tighten the requirements for the adoption, child, American opportunity, and earned income tax credits so that only US citizens, US nationals, and qualified aliens can get them.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Trump administration is cutting illegal immigrants off from getting kickbacks from four major refundable tax credit programs – in a move that could save taxpayers an estimated $3 billion.”

SINGLE SOURCE

The evidence provided for this specific claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding 'Bing Homepage Quizzes' and 'Microsoft Rewards'. No evidence was provided that mentions the Trump administration, illegal immigrants, or the $3 billion saving estimate.

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web search NEUTRAL — ADMIN MOD • Bing Homepage Quiz (5/4/2024) - Which desert is the subject of today’s photograph? Which desert is the subject of today’s photograph?
https://www.reddit.com/r/BingHomepageQuiz/hot/

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web search NEUTRAL — It's the Bing home page/ image quiz. It gives 10 points on a desktop browser. I haven't been able to get the quiz to work from the iOS Start app. Reply reply Biddy_Impeccadillo •
https://www.reddit.com/r/MicrosoftRewards/comments/1bwl8ci/s…

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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 26, 2021 · All three are answered with B today Where did Boxing Day originate? Answer: B) United Kingdom These days, Boxing Day is best known for which…
https://www.reddit.com/r/MicrosoftRewards/comments/roq1db/us…

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Claim 2: “Nearly 1 million people would be ineligible for the “refunded portion of the affected refundable individual income tax credits” due to the rule change, the Trump administration has estimated.”

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The evidence provided for this claim includes irrelevant information about the medication 'Solifenacin' and a general mention of the rule change, but none of the provided sources mention the specific estimate of 'nearly 1 million people' becoming ineligible.

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web search NEUTRAL — Solifenacin, sold as the brand name Vesicare[a] among others, is a medication used to treat overactive bladder and neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO). [1][2] It may help with incontinence, urinary…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solifenacin

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web search NEUTRAL — Solifenacin is used to treat overactive bladder (a bladder condition that causes sudden urges to urinate that may be hard to control). Solifenacin is in a class of medications called antimuscarinics.
https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a605019.html

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web search NEUTRAL — “The Trump administration is seeking to apply those same immigration-related restrictions—which require people to have a ‘qualified’ immigration status—to the refunded portion of certain tax credits,”…
https://dnyuz.com/2026/09/15/misguided-trump-admin-shredded-…

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Claim 3: “The Treasury Department and IRS unveiled new rules on Wednesday to tighten the requirements for the adoption, child, American opportunity, and earned income tax credits so that only US citizens, US nationals, and qualified aliens can get them.”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that the Treasury Department and IRS introduced rules restricting the adoption, child, American opportunity, and earned income tax credits to US citizens, US nationals, and qualified aliens.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) is the United States federal law enforcement agency responsible for investigating potential criminal violations of the U.S. Internal Revenue C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_Criminal_Investigation

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Direct File was a free, online government service that allowed eligible taxpayers to file their federal tax returns directly with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Direct File was designed to be gui…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_Direct_File

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes and for administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service

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Claim 4: “Those four tax credits are refundable, which means people with a larger credit than the taxes they owe get a refund from Uncle Sam.”

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Multiple sources confirm that these four specific tax credits are refundable, meaning they can result in a payment to the taxpayer even if they owe no taxes.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Treasury Department and IRS unveiled new rules on Wednesday to tighten the requirements for the adoption, child, American opportunity, and earned income tax credits so that only US citizens, US na…
https://www.amren.com/news/2026/08/trump-admin-axes-refundab…

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web search NEUTRAL — The changes affect adoption, child, American opportunity, and earned income tax credits.Each tax credit has its own rules on income eligibility and limits on how much can be paid out. Up to $5,000 of …
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/19/irs-moves-b…

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web search NEUTRAL — The four credits in question are the adoption credit, the child tax credit, the American opportunity credit for undergraduate costs, and the earned income tax credit, according to Treasury. Each is pa…
https://www.thestreet.com/taxes/bessent-says-noncitizens-no-…

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Claim 5: “The administration’s new rule specifically targets the refunded portion of those tax credits. They would still be allowed to use the credits to offset their federal income tax liability.”

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Independent sources explicitly state that the new rules target the refundable portion of the credits while still allowing them to be used to offset federal income tax liability.

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web search NEUTRAL — The four individual tax credits are refundable, allowing taxpayers with a credit larger than the federal tax liabilities they owe to receive taxpayer-funded refunds from the federal government.
https://www.ntd.com/irs-proposes-rules-to-stop-illegal-immig…

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web search NEUTRAL — The regulations would allow affected taxpayers to continue claiming these tax credits to the extent they are used to offset individual income tax liability but would not allow for any credit claims th…
https://itep.org/trump-administration-new-effort-to-deny-tax…

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web search NEUTRAL — The proposed changes to tax credit rules are specifically aimed at the refundable portions of four tax credits and are intended to ensure that federal taxpayer-funded benefits are paid only to those w…
https://www.news18.com/india/trump-moves-to-limit-refundable…

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