Republicans made sure that undocumented immigrants — along with some legally in the U.S. — couldn’t get federal stimulus checks. But Democratic governors and mayors are now doing an end run around President Trump and GOP immigration hawks
Republicans made sure that undocumented immigrants — along with some legally in the U.S. — couldn’t get federal stimulus checks.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently extended the city’s coronavirus-relief benefit programs, including aid for housing and for small businesses, to undocumented immigrants. | Cliff Owen, File/AP Photo Manar Waheed, senior legislative and advocacy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union, called the exclusion “a very deliberate carving out,” pointing out that the law permits military families to collect the stimulus checks--$1200 for individuals, $2400 for joint filers, and $500 for each child--even if they file taxes with a taxpayer number.
Rejecting that stance, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said last week that undocumented immigrants, who comprise about a tenth of California’s workforce, will be able to draw on a $125 million public-private fund.
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