New York lawmakers want to give billions of dollars to undocumented, former inmates

[AMart]

ALBANY, N.Y. — State lawmakers in New York appear close to agreeing on a multibillion-dollar fund to provide unemployment benefits to undocumented immigrants and former prison inmates who have been excluded from federal aid packages since the start of the pandemic.

Talks between legislators and Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office have progressed to the point that they are now focused on how the relief plan, called the Excluded Workers Fund, would work “programmatically,” said state Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Queens), one of the most vocal champions of the proposal. “Right now discussions are around eligibility and access.”


It would be the country’s most-ambitious such program by a wide margin. California officials have gained national attention for a couple of relief programs for undocumented immigrants, including one last spring that provided $500 checks to a relatively small number of people who were able to connect with an overwhelmed phone system.

New York’s proposal would provide some recipients with more than $27,000.

New York lawmakers want to give billions of dollars to undocumented, former inmates

It would be the country’s most-ambitious such program by a wide margin.

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[Billy_Kinetta]

There are a number of states that require repatriation. New York is one.

 

[wamose]

Never let government have billion dollar funds laying around. That's a recipe for half or more of it to go missing. Government is the least reliable and most corrupt way to distribute money. They can't be trusted as evidenced by all of their massive deficits.

 

[Nostra]

Meanwhile, the idiots are begging the rest of us to bail them out.

 

[beagle9]

ALBANY, N.Y. — State lawmakers in New York appear close to agreeing on a multibillion-dollar fund to provide unemployment benefits to undocumented immigrants and former prison inmates who have been excluded from federal aid packages since the start of the pandemic.

Talks between legislators and Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office have progressed to the point that they are now focused on how the relief plan, called the Excluded Workers Fund, would work “programmatically,” said state Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Queens), one of the most vocal champions of the proposal. “Right now discussions are around eligibility and access.”


It would be the country’s most-ambitious such program by a wide margin. California officials have gained national attention for a couple of relief programs for undocumented immigrants, including one last spring that provided $500 checks to a relatively small number of people who were able to connect with an overwhelmed phone system.

New York’s proposal would provide some recipients with more than $27,000.

New York lawmakers want to give billions of dollars to undocumented, former inmates

It would be the country’s most-ambitious such program by a wide margin.

www.politico.com

I highly doubt that the intended receives would get any of it. It's probably a way to steal billion's of dollars is what it really is.

Where's the government watch dogs when we need them, because the government is getting way out of control. Anytime you see crazy stuff like this, we are probably looking straight into the face of corruption at it's finest.

 

[Claudette]

Another idiotic idea brought to you by Democratic dumbasses.