Republicans Senator Steve Daines is introducing legislation to block any of the $1.9 trillion infrastructure related money from going towards illegal immigrants. He said, “We should not be rewarding Biden’s open border policies by creating incentives for people to cross our border illegally.”
New York State will hand out up to $15,600 to illegal aliens after the federal government bailed out blue states with President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion spending plan in March.
The $15,600 funds could be given to some 290,000 illegal aliens totaling $2.1 billion in taxpayer-funded benefits due to job loss during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. The fund is a part of a $212 billion deal agreed upon Tuesday by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).
Specifically, illegal aliens “could receive up to $15,600, the equivalent of $300 per week for the last year, if they can verify that they were state residents, ineligible for federal unemployment benefits and lost income as a result of the pandemic,” the New York Times reported, adding that if illegals “can prove at least their residency and identity, and provide some work documentation,” they may be granted a lower amount of around $3,200.
The initiative has not been well received by Republicans. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) said Monday he is introducing legislation to block any of the $1.9 trillion infrastructure related money from going towards illegal immigrants. “It’s outrageous that while millions of American workers are still hurting, and in the midst of a border crisis created by President Biden, that we have states handing out taxpayer dollars to illegal immigrants,” the Montana Senator wrote.