Noncitizen Taxpayers will not get a stimulus check

The $2 trillion stimulus passed by the Senate  (and before the House) early yesterday excludes undocumented immigrants who are among the most vulnerable American taxpayers, writes Tim Breene, CEO of the World Relief Fund, in an op-ed for CNN Business. Undocumented immigrants — as well as roughly 5 million U.S. born children of immigrants — are already excluded from social safety net programs. Now, they’ll be the most likely to face hunger and eviction and the least likely to receive health care. “We should be fair to these American taxpayers, among the most vulnerable at all times but more so now,” Breene writes. “Congress should move quickly to send stimulus checks — and send them, in particular, to these uniquely vulnerable taxpayers.”

KJ