Congressman Luke Messer, a Republican representing Indiana’s Sixth Congressional District, is praising President Trump’s budget blueprint. That plan, released Tuesday, includes a proposal to close a loophole that allows billions of dollars in Child Tax Credits to be claimed by illegal aliens, a measure that Messer has been calling for for some time. The Congressman filed legislation in January urging Trump to take similar action.

“Hoosiers are tired of our broken tax and immigration systems that reward people who come here illegally,” Messer said. “Federal tax benefits should go to low and middle-income American families who work hard and play by the rules, not to those who break them. I applaud President Trump’s efforts to protect U.S. taxpayers by stopping this fraud.”

Messer’s office says that President Trump’s budget would ensure that only taxpayers with a valid Social Security Number can claim the Child Tax Credit, which allows families to claim a $1,000 tax credit per child. Currently, those in the United States illegally can claim this benefit without a Social Security Number by using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number. Those numbers are issued to people, regardless of immigration status.

Rep. Messer cites a 2014 Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report estimating that between $5.9 and $7.1 billion was being paid out every year to illegal immigrants and individuals illegally claiming children. A 2011 report estimated that $4.2 billion was going just to illegal aliens.