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U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) filed federal legislation that would allow nonprofits to have their tax-exempt status revoked if they are determined to repeatedly, knowingly aid illegal immigrants.
Hagerty announced Monday that he filed the Fixing Exemptions for Networks Choosing to Enable Illegal Migration (FENCE) Act, which his office stated would revoke the tax-exempt status of organizations engaging in a "pattern of providing financial assistance, services, or other forms of material support to individuals they know to be unlawfully present in the United States."
The senator said in a statement that government should not send money to nonprofits who facilitate or encourage illegal migration before suggesting the legislation would complement executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.
"It's absurd that our federal government has been giving tax exemptions and federal funding to NGOs that have helped facilitate record illegal immigration and carry out the far-left's agenda, while cloaked as charities," stated Hagerty. "President Trump's executive order requiring a review of federal funding to NGOs will expose this malpractice that has occurred for too long. I'm pleased to introduce this legislation that will augment the President's work to hold these NGOs accountable by revoking their tax-exempt statuses."
That's a good start, IMO.