New York is a failing, struggling state that is in so much debt that they needed Democrat lawmakers to pass trillion-dollar relief bills to bail them out. According to Chuck Schumer, New York was slotted to receive “over $100 billion, a robust basket of aid for just about every aspect of New York.”
But this week, New York lawmakers just announced that their $212 billion state budget (which was made possible by the 100 billion taxpayer dollars Schumer gave them as a bailout), includes a very specific $2.1 billion fund. And you’ll never guess what it’s for.
A one-time stimulus of $15,600 to illegal immigrants.
That’s right. Illegal immigrants in New York will be offered a stimulus more than 10 times the amount that hardworking American citizens received.
And what makes this even more interesting is that the only reason they are able to do this is because hardworking American taxpayer dollars bailed them out to the tune of $100 billion in a “Covid relief” package.
And this is how they’ve chosen to spend it? Giving illegal immigrants 10 times more stimulus money than the hardworking and taxpaying American citizens who made that kind of stimulus possible even received?
No wonder the state is failing.
Specifics of the stimulus dictate that “undocumented workers” (politically correct speak for illegal immigrants) could receive up to $15,600, or $300 per week for the past year, as long as they can verify that they resided in the state of New York, were ineligible for federal unemployment benefits (presumably due to being in the country illegally), and that they lost income due to the Covid pandemic. Others could receive a smaller sum of up to $3,200, as long as they can prove their state residence, their identity (Wait, aren’t radical progressives saying that’s racist?), and have some documentation of work. Curious how New York is expecting people to prove their identity in order to receive money from them. It’s almost like verifying someone’s identity helps to prevent fraud and abuse of the system. How interesting. I wonder if that might extend to something like, perhaps, voting?
The New York Times described this illegal immigrant stimulus plan as “a sign of the state’s shift toward policies championed by progressive Democrats.”
Presidential candidate Biden (and other Democrat political candidates) campaigned with statements and promises encouraging illegal immigrants to come into the country, then the Biden Administration implemented policies to make it easier for illegal immigrants to take him up on all those campaign promises, and now New York is essentially rewarding illegal immigrants for believing the radical promises that were made.
I wonder if the radical progressives behind this plan might be hoping that illegal immigrants who receive $15,600 will vote for their fellow radical progressives once Biden gives them citizenship. Seems like a huge power play for future radical progressive Democrat votes.
All paid for with your tax dollars.