“The state’s creation of anti-poverty programs, including tax credits and stimulus packages, while allowing the collections program to continue is like attempting to “plug a bleed on one end while another end is still an open wound,” said Courtney McKinney, spokesperson for the Western Center on Law & Poverty.”
New California law expands tax credit for immigrants
“Things like the earned income tax credit put real money in people’s pocket,” said Mike Herald, director of policy advoasscacy at the Western Center on Law and Poverty.”
