Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York accused President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers of cutting checks to Americans off the backs of “taxpaying immigrants” in the “phase 3” coronavirus economic relief bill.
She also made the astonishing and outright false claim that corporations are benefiting more than average workers.
Trump signed the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act into law on Friday afternoon, which among other provisions calls for $1,200 direct payment for most American adults and $500 for children.
So the typical family of four will receive $3,400. The amount of the payments decreases and then phases out completely for those earning over certain income thresholds.
Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Thursday, “To clarify, $1200 checks are ONLY going to some w/social sec numbers, NOT immigrants w/ tax IDs (ITINs).
“Thanks to GOP, these checks will be cut off the backs of *taxpaying immigrants,* who get nothing. Many are essential workers who pay more taxes than Amazon. Wall St gets $4T,” she added.
Where to begin? The congresswoman plays so fast and loose with the truth.
The checks do go to legal immigrants, i.e. those with green cards, as well as the hundreds of thousands of people in the country under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, because they have legal status too, the Miami Herald reported.
Illegal aliens, or as the left likes to say, undocumented immigrants, will not receive checks.
And truthfully, that seems fair. If you don’t follow the nation’s immigration laws, there is a price to pay: You don’t get all the benefits of...
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Wow! Wall Street get 4 trillion dollars from the 2.2 trillion dollar relief bill? How does that work?
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