JOE BIDEN SAYS WE MUST TAKE CARE OF OUR ILLEGALS TO KEEP THEM COMING - Center for Immigration Studies reveals that many illegal immigrants will be receiving stimulus checks, estimated to total $4.38 billion dollars, as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

 

Millions of Illegal Immigrants Will Receive Covid Checks Total cost estimated at $4.38 billion

Washington, D.C. (March 22, 2021) – A new analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies reveals that many illegal immigrants will be receiving stimulus checks, estimated to total $4.38 billion dollars, as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. During the debate over the Covid relief bill Senator Durbin (D-IL) stated that “Undocumented immigrants do not have Social Security numbers, and they do not qualify for stimulus relief checks.” This is incorrect. CIS estimates that there are 2.65 million illegal immigrants who have Social Security numbers that allow them to receive stimulus checks. We estimate that 2.1 million of these individuals have incomes low enough to qualify for checks, and they have 1.1 million U.S.-born dependent children. Dr. Steven Camarota, the Center’s director of research and author of the analysis, states, “There is simply no question that millions of illegal immigrants will receive billions of dollars in Covid relief checks. This highlights an even more disturbing fact – illegal immigrants are being issued Social Security numbers in large numbers. This is a clear indication that America is simply not serious about enforcing its immigration laws.”  Among the findings:     · There are 653,000 illegal immigrants with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and 411,000 with Temporary Protected Status (TPS). These individuals have work authorization, which comes with a valid Social Security number allowing them to receive a Covid stimulus check.  · In FY 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued 882,000 work authorizations and Social Security numbers to other illegal immigrants. Among the categories eligible are adjustment of status, suspense of deportation, and asylum applicants, as well as those given withholding of removal, deferred action (non-DACA), and parolees. · All of the above categories, as well as others, can be described as aliens temporarily present without status. These individuals are in the country illegally and could be required to leave. Yet, under the current system, they are still given work authorization and Social Security numbers, allowing them to receive cash payments such as the Earn Income Tax Credit and Covid relief checks. · In addition to the nearly two million illegal immigrants issued work authorization and Social Security numbers by USCIS, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has previously estimated that 700,000 illegal immigrants use stolen identities and Social Security numbers. · In total we estimate that there are 2.65 million illegal immigrants with Social Security numbers that could allow them to receive Covid stimulus checks.  · Based on their characteristics, we estimate that 2.1 million of these illegals have incomes that allow them to qualify for Covid payments. Those with qualifying incomes also have 1.1 million U.S.-born dependent children. · Illegal immigrants could receive a total of an estimated $4.38 billion in stimulus checks from the new Covid relief bill – $2.85 billion directly and another $1.53 billion on behalf of their children. · Not included in these numbers are an estimated (by SSA) 600,000 former guestworkers, employed illegally who use the Social Security numbers issued to them when they were in status. Although they should not be eligible for checks, we have been unable to determine what steps the government takes to actually prevent them from receiving payments. The same is true for the 1.8 million illegal immigrants SSA has estimated use Social Security numbers and names that do not match.

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Donate oe Biden Appoints Special Envoy to Stem Border Surge as White House Asserts Situation ‘Not a Crisis’ GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP via Getty Images EDWIN MORA 22 Mar 2021Washington, DC129 5:00 The Biden administration appointed a special envoy Monday to help oversee its efforts to stem the ongoing influx of Central American migrants to the U.S. southern border as it faces bipartisan pressure to address the surge. The White House remained adamant Monday that the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border is “not a crisis” despite photos and videos showing otherwise. Still, the Biden administration found it necessary to create a new position to help its effort to contain the flood of illegal migrants reaching the United States, particularly unaccompanied children. The U.S. State Department, which will oversee the new envoy, described the move as a high priority. Nevertheless, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have yet to visit the border. Biden officials tapped Ricardo Zúñiga to serve as a special envoy for the Northern Triangle, a region comprised of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Those three countries have long been the source of a significant portion of illegal migration to the United States. Last week, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele told Fox News soaring migration levels at the southern border are bad for the U.S. and even worse for Latin America because it extracts the people vital to building the solid financial conditions that would keep them in their home country. Bukele suggested that current U.S. immigration policies are incentivizing Salvadorans to head to the United States. Jalina Porter, a spokesperson at State, told reporters Monday: The special envoy will advise the secretary and acting assistant secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, coordinate closely with the National Security Council, and oversee the department’s comprehensive effort to manage regional migration and address the root causes of migration. Zúñiga will engage with governments and non-governmental organizations in the region, including but not limited to Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, on improving conditions in Central America to keep potential migrants in their home country, Porter explained, adding: [He will also] hold government actors accountable to their commitments to address root causes of migration and to address the increase in arrivals of unaccompanied children at the U.S. southern border. He will also keep congress apprised of our efforts. This is one of our highest priorities. In a statement announcing the new appointment, the State Department stressed that Zúñiga would help oversee “the administration’s comprehensive efforts to stem irregular migration to the United States.” He will also help implement Biden’s multi-year, $4 billion measure to address root causes of why people leave Central America. Congress has yet to approve the $4 billion effort, “a potentially difficult process as Biden’s immigration bill faces opposition in both chambers,” the Hill noted. In 2019, El Salvador’s president said he favors jumpstarting private commerce between the United States and El Salvador and improving conditions to prevent Salvadorans from leaving over U.S.-taxpayer-funded foreign aid “handouts.” Unlike the previous administration, the Biden administration prohibits press requests to visit the detention centers and overcrowded processing centers holding children to take pictures or tour the facilities. Some videos and photos have recently surfaced on social media, courtesy of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and James O’Keefe. The videos and photos show the deplorable, overcrowded conditions of migrant children held in South Texas, with kids forced to sleep on floor mats amid a worsening humanitarian crisis. Republicans, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and others who visited the border recently, have stressed the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border is nothing short of heartbreaking. Addressing the Hispanic American community, some Latino Republican lawmakers have emphasized that the surge fuels child sex trafficking and forced labor, and many girls are raped on their dangerous journey up north. At the height of a similar surge of unaccompanied children in June 2018, the Trump administration allowed the media and Congress members to tour the facilities holding the kids, giving Democrats the opportunity to criticize the former president’s immigration policy. Leftist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) went as far as accusing former President Trump of running “concentration camps” at the border and locking children in “cages.” She has remained mostly quiet during the ongoing crisis. A career member of the senior foreign service, “Zúñiga has served in a number of posts in Latin America and also served as senior director for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the National Security Council under former President Obama,” the Hill pointed out.