Stimulus Checks to Be Issued to Illegal Immigrants as Part of New COVID Relief Package

Posted By TheNewsCommenter: From Westernjournal.com: “California to Issue Stimulus Checks to Illegal Immigrants in New COVID Relief Package”. Below is an excerpt from the article.

Patrick T. Fallon - AFP / Getty ImagesCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom speaks after touring a COVID-19 vaccination site on Monday in Long Beach, California. (Patrick T. Fallon - AFP / Getty Images)

About $470 million of the bill approved Monday by the state legislature will go to 565,000 individuals who have tax ID numbers but did not get federal stimulus payments in the past and have incomes under $75,000, according to FOX Business.

During the Trump administration, individuals in the country illegally were not eligible for federal stimulus checks.

Republican state Sen. Jim Nielsen said that although the state was able to afford the spending right now, it was setting a dangerous precedent.

“This budget is going to be creating long-term obligations to the undocumented,” Nielsen said during a legislative debate, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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California is sending $600 dollar stimulus checks to illegal immigrants while its businesses and citizens suffer.

And Gavin Newsom still wonders why the effort to recall him has gained 1.7 million signatures.

— Camryn Kinsey (@camrynbaylee) February 23, 2021

Commiefornia is Broke! Yet here we are giving away MORE TAX DOLLARS to Illegals from around the world. CA is expecting Federal Bailout Money. Ya Think!

California poised to issue stimulus checks to illegal immigrants with $7.6B coronavirus relief package https://t.co/Kk5Qvg3j7o

— KevinB57 Pro Life (@KbomzKevin) February 23, 2021

Does anyone else see the insanity of a bankrupt state paying out money to illegals? California stimulus package includes checks for illegal immigrants https://t.co/6XNfTLLPa3 #FoxBusiness

— David Lindsay III (@IIILindsay) February 23, 2021