Posted on 04/24/2020 7:47:36 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Democratic governors and mayors are going around Congress to put money into the pockets of illegal immigrants who were excluded from receiving the $1,200 coronavirus relief checks that are part of the $2.2 trillion stimulus plan approved last month, according to a report.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom created a private-public $125 million fund that illegal immigrants would be able to draw from and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot expanded city benefits, including money from the city’s Small Business Resiliency Program, for illegal immigrants.
Minneapolis, run by Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey, is creating a $5 million funding package that would be available to all residents who are eligible, including illegal immigrants.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said a fund for immigrants was “s omething we want to take a look at,” Politico reported on Wednesday.
More than 15 million immigrants will not be on the receiving end of stimulus checks or expanded unemployment benefits because Congress limited eligibility to workers who have Social Security numbers, the report said, citing the Migration Policy Institute.
Many immigrants — illegal and legal — file taxes using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number because they do not have a Social Security number.
The eligibility requirement was by design.
Coronavirus benefits were “limited to citizens and residents of the U.S. that are legally permitted to work here,” a Republican congressional aide told Politico.
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Bump
Exactly.
Let the rich leftists pony up their own money; they created this monster, let them feed it.
If this is federal money, it should go to the states earmarked “not for use by illegal aliens.” That way, if any of it makes its way into the hands of the invaders, those responsible can be held criminally liable. If it’s state, local, or private money, give it away to anyone you please. If the local taxpayers are so stupid they’ll reward criminals while depriving their own countrymen, then they are free to do it.
any get their checks yet? We still haven’t- aren’;t they supposed to be out by now?
DEMs will be registering them to vote-Democrat, of course
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