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In an attempt to sway public opinion regarding undocumented immigrants, some try to paint them as financial leaches, bleeding the American financial system dry. Nothing could be further from the truth. After paying more than $23 billion in taxes, undocumented immigrants will never receive Social Security benefits, Medicare, or Medicaid. And when the rest of the country received financial aid during the pandemic, undocumented immigrants and their children received nothing.
Last week, as part of the COVID-19 relief plan introduced by President Joe Biden, the majority of American families began receiving monthly payments of up to $300 per child. Deemed the "largest anti-poverty program in decades," certain undocumented immigrants and their families will be included in this round of help.
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As long as undocomented immigrants are here in this country, they deserve some degree of financial support to stay healthy, both for public safety, and basic decency.
Good follow up on the previous article on the Child Tax Credit.