Gothamist: Undocumented Immigrants In Need Finally Get Promised Pandemic Cash Assistance

Most workers who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic started receiving unemployment and federal stimulus checks in March and April. But undocumented immigrants don’t qualify, even though the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found more than half pay taxes (including over $1 billion in New York alone). U.S. citizens married to undocumented immigrants also can’t get government aid.

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