{"id":22947,"date":"2020-05-12T15:32:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T19:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=22947"},"modified":"2020-05-12T15:32:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T19:32:16","slug":"democrats-covid-relief-funds-illegals-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/05\/12\/democrats-covid-relief-funds-illegals-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Phase 4: Raising the Investment in Illegal Aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
With House Democrats assembling a new coronavirus relief package<\/a>, immigration enthusiasts are lobbying to get more assistance to illegal aliens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first three stimulus bills\u2014the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act<\/a>; the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)<\/a>; and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act<\/a> — contained provisions that could aid illegal migrants and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The CARES Act included $100 billion<\/a> to reimburse health-care providers for serves to COVID-19 patients, regardless of immigration status. The measures also authorize refundable tax credits to employers who extend paid-leave for illegal-alien workers and their families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Not nearly enough, progressives complain. Upset that illegal aliens weren\u2019t entitled to stimulus payments and jobless benefits, the leftist Center for American Progress<\/a> wants Congress to follow Ca<\/a>l<\/a>ifornia<\/a>\u2019s lead and dispense relief checks to illegal migrants while putting them on unemployment insurance rolls. Expanding Medicaid eligibility is also on the to-do list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The center calls these add-ons \u201ca smart investment in the\nnation\u2019s economy,\u201d without hazarding a price tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n