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More than 1 million U.S. citizens won't get stimulus checks because they are married to immigrants who don’t have Social Security numbers. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-20/u-s-citizens-coronavirus-stimulus-checks-spouses-immigrants
The CARES Act offers $1,200 to Americans earning up to $75,000 and $500 per child.
It excludes tax-paying immigrants who don't have legal status and blocks citizens if they file a joint tax return with a spouse who does not have a Social Security number. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-20/u-s-citizens-coronavirus-stimulus-checks-spouses-immigrants
It excludes tax-paying immigrants who don't have legal status and blocks citizens if they file a joint tax return with a spouse who does not have a Social Security number. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-20/u-s-citizens-coronavirus-stimulus-checks-spouses-immigrants
Any family that files taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, which the IRS issues to workers who lack Social Security numbers, cannot receive an Economic Impact Payment — unless one spouse is a member of the Armed Forces. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-20/u-s-citizens-coronavirus-stimulus-checks-spouses-immigrants
Ashlee Ramirez, a registered nurse who has spent the last month working long hours in an emergency room and helping to intubate COVID-19 patients, has not received stimulus money because she files her taxes jointly with her husband, Fredy, a Honduran citizen
“What does it mean when I pledge allegiance to the flag?” she said. “It’s supposed to be justice for all. I feel like that flag that I love so much has not stood for justice for me and my family.”
David Hessell-Cercado, a fourth-grade teacher for LAUSD assumed his husband, a Mexican citizen who is in the middle of applying for his green card, would not get a check. But he never imagined the government would withhold assistance from a U.S. citizen.
Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a $125-million relief package to help immigrants without legal status by offering $500 cash grants for individuals in the U.S. illegally and up to $1,000 for families. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-15/gavin-newsom-california-coronavirus-help-unemployment-independent-contractors-immigrants
