Congressman Biggs Earns Introduces the Restoring the American Homebuyers Dream Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Andy Biggs (AZ-05) introduced the Restoring the American Homebuyers Dream Act to open more opportunities for citizens and legal residents to own homes without competition from people in the country illegally. The bill would allow the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to share Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) information with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for immigration enforcement purposes.

ITINs are numbers the IRS gives to individuals residing in the U.S. both legally and illegally who lack a Social Security Number (SSN) for paying taxes. Each illegal alien in our nation (estimated at over 14 million) could apply for an ITIN, using it to compete against American citizens in the housing market. Implementing an information sharing system between the IRS and DHS allows the federal government to see who is using these numbers and which users may be in the country illegally. This action helps authorities enforce existing laws and reduce the number of illegal aliens participating in the housing market.

In 2024, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing called The Border Crisis: The Cost of Chaos. Testimony from Steven Camarota, Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, showed a double-digit increase in housing costs in areas with the highest rates of immigration.

“Over the past decade, access to the American Dream has drastically diminished for everyday men and women seeking to raise their families in the land of the free and the home of the brave,” said Congressman Biggs. “As the number of illegal aliens in the United States has climbed, affordability has become harder to come by – especially in the housing market, where first-time home buyers have largely been priced out of the arena due to the combination of skyrocketing costs and overwhelming interest rates. I’m pleased to offer this solution to help close the loopholes, secure the system, and ensure that homeownership is again within reach for American citizens and legal residents who built this nation and play by its rules.”

This legislation protects the data of American citizens using an SSN.

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