Rep. Hern bill would tax wire transfers out of US to fund border efforts, tackle illegal immigration
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Legislation introduced by Rep. Kevin Hern would tax remittance payments out of the United States in order to fund efforts to secure the southern border.
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U.S. citizens and legal immigrants would be able to claim any such fees back as a tax credit, meaning the tax would in theory be paid only by those in the country illegally. Efforts to evade the tax would be punishable by up to a $500,000 fine, and the legislation would remove foreign aid and visa waiver program participation from countries that helped people evade it.
The money would go to a Border Enforcement Trust Fund, which would be used to employ additional Border Patrol agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) staff, and would also fund construction of border barriers and detention facilities.
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