ADADAccording to the lawsuit, the Cares Act provision is resulting in “the intentional and discriminatory exclusion of U.S. citizen children” from cash assistance as the country faces a historic unemployment crisis. She is relying on community support and school-provided food while she cannot pay rent, the lawsuit stated. It added that she is relying on community support and a federal nutritional program for women, infants and children — popularly known as WIC — for her youngest child. She is also relying on her neighbor’s Internet plan so her older children can keep up in school. ADSeveral other federal safety net programs reach U.S. citizen children of undocumented immigrants, including earned income tax benefits, welfare, food stamps, the WIC program and housing aid, the lawsuit noted.

Source: Washington Post May 05, 2020 17:35 UTC