New York state lawmakers are hammering out a $2.1 billion fund that would provide unemployment benefits to illegal immigrants and formerly incarcerated individuals who haven't seen pandemic-related federal aid, a proposal that could send some recipients more than $27,000.
Negotiations between legislators and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office have been recently focused on the specifics of the Excluded Worker Fund, which would be featured in the 2021-22 state budget, according to the New York Post.
The state Senate's budget proposal is one of the most progressive initiatives nationwide.
California state lawmakers did launch similar efforts for undocumented immigrants when the state provided $500 checks to a small cohort of people given on a first-come-first-served basis via telephone.
"Every hard-working taxpayer should know about this foolish plan to send billions of their tax dollars to illegal immigrants and convicted felons-and hike taxes in the forthcoming State Budget to pay for it all. At the very time, Governor Cuomo and Senate Democrats are planning billions in tax hikes, countless small businesses have closed, our economy is suffering, and our state is hemorrhaging red ink, it makes no sense to send billions of taxpayer dollars to illegal immigrants and convicted felons."
In previous programs that called for increasing benefits for undocumented immigrants, like New York's DREAM Act that passed two years ago and sent roughly $27 million to non-citizens for boosting eligibility for financial aid programs, Republicans blasted Democrats for endorsing "Free tuition for illegal immigrants."
This time around, most GOP state lawmakers haven't surfaced widespread concerns about the legislative proposal.
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Saturday, April 3, 2021
New York Lawmakers Consider $2.1 Billion for Illegal Immigrants
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