“This means that the Biden administration subsidized ‘undocumented’ immigration under the guise of COVID-19 relief,” says a recent report through the Center for Economic Policy Innovation, highlighting how the ARP’s federal budget has been diverted toward illegal immigrants in Washington state.
In general, in addition to Washington, Fox News Digital has known such an investment mechanism in Illinois and New Jersey, as well as in the cities of Washington, D. C. , Chicago, Denver and Boston. Jurisdictions, in particular, have used PRA investments. National and Local Coronavirus Tax Recovery Fund, designed to help local governments during the pandemic.
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President Biden unveiled the American Rescue Plan on March 11, 2021, at the White House (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik).
Center for Economic Policy Innovation President and CEO Paul Winfree told Fox News Digital this month that the Biden administration is “actively encouraging COVID money from illegal immigration” from the stimulus fund.
The Washington government has developed the largest program of its kind, allocating $340 million in ARP investments to the so-called “COVID-19 Immigrant Relief Fund” program. According to state and federal filings, the program concerned the sending of one-time monetary grants. $1,000 value for immigrants with unauthorized citizenship status.
In a report last year, the Washington state Department of Health and Human Services said more than 100,000 undocumented citizens had earned $3,075 bills from the program. The state legislature approved the program in a law passed in April 2021.
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“The COVID-19 Immigrant Relief Fund has been heavily publicized and funded several times throughout the legislature. It worked from 2020 to 2023,” Mike Faulk, a spokesman for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, told Fox News Digital. “People would do well to become familiar with the disparate effects on fitness faced by communities of color and immigrants during the pandemic. “
“All Washingtonians have been impacted by COVID, no matter where they come from, and our state is proud to help as many citizens as possible during an unprecedented disaster,” he added.
Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks at an event on Oct. 6, 2022, in San Francisco. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency Getty Images)
In Illinois, the state government allocated $71. 8 million from the ARP budget for expenditures of money made “to families who were not eligible for economic effects on expenditures . . . because of their immigration status. ” The Chicago government allocated another $14. 7 million for its “resiliency fund,” which sent $500 in money transfers to tens of thousands of “previously excluded citizens and domestic workers. “
A document issued under the program states that “no questions related to citizenship or immigration status” will be asked” of applicants.
Meanwhile, Chicago and Illinois have noticed a large increase in the number of immigrants, putting pressure on taxpayer-funded governments designed for citizens.
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“States and cities respond indefinitely to the resulting pressure on state and local resources without congressional action,” Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker and eight Democratic governors said in a letter to President Biden and congressional leaders last month.
Illinois Democratic Gov. J. B. Pritzker speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative on Sept. 19, 2023, in New York City (John Nation/WireImage/Getty Images).
Among the other governors who signed the letter, which also called the influx of immigrants a “humanitarian crisis,” is New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, whose administration has earmarked $60 million in the ARP budget to the “New Jersey Excluded Fund,” which has sent money bills to illegal immigrants.
The mayor avoids saying whether he supports the non-citizen vote after warning that the immigration crisis would destroy New York City.
State documents show the state sent $2,000 worth of money bills per user or up to $4,000 per family to tens of thousands of families. The state government has described the “excluded from New Jersey” as “undocumented individuals, citizens re-entering the justice system. “, and others otherwise excluded from pandemic-related cash assistance. “
Washington, D. C. , Denver, and Boston have allocated $26 million, $3 million, and $1 million, respectively, to PRA-funded systems to provide monetary assistance to illegal immigrants. These cities have recently noticed one of the largest increases in immigrants seeking government and resources.
For example, in 2022, Washington, D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public state of emergency in reaction to the sharp increase, stating at the time that the city is “not a border town. “
And Denver and Boston have been forced to divert critical city resources toward immigrants and build shelters for the homeless.
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“Today we begin making tough decisions to cut branch budgets and start cutting immigrants,” Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said this month. “The rest of Denverians have done their part, the city will do ours. The federal government has “not done its part. Solving this crisis will require shared sacrifices, but we will continue to work together to triumph over this crisis. “
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has pledged to keep sending migrants to sanctuary cities until Biden’s leadership secures the border. (Getty Images)
Johnston’s comments come after he slashed city agency budgets in the face of growing numbers of immigrants.
Meanwhile, in January, the federal government reported more than 156,000 migrant encounters at the U. S. southern border, a slight year-over-year increase but a low from last month. In December, more than 302,000 migrants crossed the border, through the highest monthly figure ever recorded.
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December’s figures raised the point for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 to 785,000 encounters, the figure recorded.
Thomas Catenacci is a politician for Fox News Digital.