{"id":399768,"date":"2021-04-08T11:28:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T15:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=399768"},"modified":"2021-04-08T11:28:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T15:28:37","slug":"ny-to-give-illegal-immigrants-covid-checks-of-up-to-15600-republicans-hit-back-in-new-york-it-pays-to-break-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-to-give-illegal-immigrants-covid-checks-of-up-to-15600-republicans-hit-back-in-new-york-it-pays-to-break-the-law\/","title":{"rendered":"NY To Give Illegal Immigrants COVID Checks Of Up To $15,600, Republicans Hit Back: \u2018In New York, It Pays To Break The Law\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fny-to-give-illegal-immigrants-covid-checks-of-up-to-15600-republicans-hit-back-in-new-york-it-pays-to-break-the-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=399768&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-897.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>New York will offer \u201cone-time payments of up to $15,600 to undocumented immigrants who lost work during the pandemic,\u201d according to reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With a price tag of $2.1 billion, \u201cThe fund, which could provide payments to hundreds of thousands of people excluded from other pandemic relief, ignited a battle among state lawmakers before it was approved this week,\u201d according to&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/08\/nyregion\/covid-relief-undocumented-workers-nyc.html\"><span>The New York Times<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen the coronavirus arrived in New York City a year ago, it hit enclaves of undocumented immigrants with a fury, killing thousands and wiping out the service and construction jobs that kept many families afloat,\u201d the New York Times report began. \u201cLifelines like unemployment insurance and federal stimulus checks were out of reach because undocumented people are ineligible for most government aid. Instead, they have relied on food pantries, lenient landlords and loans from friends.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut after a sweeping move by lawmakers this week,\u201d the report continued, \u201cNew York will now offer one-time payments of up to $15,600 to undocumented immigrants who lost work during the pandemic. The effort \u2014 a $2.1 billion fund in the state budget \u2014 is by far the biggest of its kind in the country and a sign of the state\u2019s shift toward policies championed by progressive Democrats.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The lead proponent of the policy, New York state Sen. Jessica Ramos, said <\/span><span>\u201cI\u2019ve met neighbors who have not been able to pay rent, or put food on the table, or been able to provide their children with a laptop when a public school has not been able to provide one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe excluded workers fund, part of the state\u2019s new $212 billion budget deal that was reached on Tuesday, was one of the most contentious points of debate during negotiations, which dragged on past the April 1 deadline,\u201d according to the New York Times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This giveaway for illegal immigrants is far larger than California\u2019s 2020 \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/18\/us\/coronavirus-undocumented-california.html\"><span>cash assistance policy<\/span><\/a>,<span>\u201d which spent $75 million providing \u201cundocumented immigrants\u201d with a one-time payment of $500.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUndocumented workers 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,\u201d the New York Times added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Republicans slammed the decision to provide illegal immigrants with any funding at all, let alone far more than legal residents received through stimulus payments<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) tweeted, \u201cIt matters who governs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.936170212766\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It matters who governs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3W8KBhXe5i\">https:\/\/t.co\/3W8KBhXe5i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Hagerty (@BillHagertyTN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillHagertyTN\/status\/1380167573208231941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) also reacted on Twitter, writing, \u201c<\/span><span>Why are taxes high in New York? So the government can pay illegal immigrants up to $15,600. In New York, it pays to break the law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.428571428571\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why are taxes high in New York?<\/p>\n<p>So the government can pay illegal immigrants up to $15,600. <\/p>\n<p>In New York, it pays to break the law. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0BMLbxVQMm\">https:\/\/t.co\/0BMLbxVQMm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomCottonAR\/status\/1380162993120493580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Jason Rantz added, \u201cYou can\u2019t make this up.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.4285714285714\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You can\u2019t make this up. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NiLt5e4rN9\">https:\/\/t.co\/NiLt5e4rN9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrantz\/status\/1380152461759901696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York will offer \u201cone-time payments of up to $15,600 to undocumented immigrants who lost work during the pandemic,\u201d according to reports.With a price tag of $2.1 billion, \u201cThe fund, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311854,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-897.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"NY To Give Illegal Immigrants COVID Checks Of Up To $15,600, Republicans Hit Back: \u2018In New York, It Pays To Break The Law\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-897.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"NY To Give Illegal Immigrants COVID Checks Of Up To $15,600, Republicans Hit Back: \u2018In New York, It Pays To Break The Law\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}