Democrats Introduce Bill to Extend Stimulus Money To Illegal Aliens

What’s wrong with that, you may wonder? Perhaps the word ‘illegal’ points in the direction of your answer.

I have no qualms with a stimulus check being issued to legal immigrants in this country who actually participate in our taxpayer system.

However, I am against just giving out money all willy-nilly to any ol’ foreigner who is stealing from our system.

According to Breitbart:

Three House Democrats, Reps. Lou Correa (CA), Judy Chu (CA), and Raúl Grijalva (AZ), introduced the Leave No Taxpayer Behind Act designed to amend the cash payment portion of the CARES Act — the $2 trillion emergency economic relief measure designed to help U.S. citizens who are facing economic hardship caused by the coronavirus pandemic — to extend to non-citizens.

So… economic relief provided to U.S. citizens will be extended to non-citizens who are enduring economic hardship…

Are we just in charge of funding the entire world now, or?

Also, I feel like an illegal alien’s economic hardship is a consequence of a plethora of preceding poor decisions.

Leave it to AOC to shed some light as to how we can put our American people last –

To clarify, $1200 checks are ONLY going to some w/social sec numbers, NOT immigrants w/ tax IDs (ITINs).

Thanks to GOP, these checks will be cut off the backs of *taxpaying immigrants,* who get nothing. Many are essential workers who pay more taxes than Amazon.

Wall St gets $4T

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 26, 2020

I mean, if the $1,200 checks given to the illegal aliens are incentivized as a fund to get them back to their home country, almost like a down-payment for obtaining U.S. citizenship the legal way, then have at it… but the check can be provided only after they have gone through the legal route of becoming citizens.

Currently, the CARES Act requires recipients to have a Social Security number. ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers) taxpayers, which include foreign nationals and those residing in the country illegally, are not eligible and will not receive cash assistance. That is an “egregious error,” according to the Democrats’ press release.

“The Leave No Taxpayer Behind Act amends the CAREs Act to ensure that all taxpayers are eligible for their $1,200 relief check,” the release states:

Every individual taxpayer irrespective of citizenship status should receive government assistance. With more than 140,000 coronavirus cases in the United States, it is imperative we come together.

This pandemic has led to the closure of many small businesses, which will have a disproportionate impact on immigrants. The “Leave No Taxpayer Behind” Act will ensure immigrants critical to our economy are not forgotten.

I feel like citizenships status, as a predetermining factor for receiving the stimulus check, is a pretty basic requirement for the government providing a helpful payout.

If you’re here illegally, the only help you need is to find your way back to your home country and go through the necessary process to come here legally.

Defining immigration status isn’t discrimination. Either you’re here legally or illegally.