Package excludes most immigrants not legally in U.S.<\/h2>\n
Biden’s COVID-19 relief package excludes most immigrants who aren’t\u00a0in the U.S. legally from receiving\u00a0stimulus checks, just like the relief packages enacted during the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The text of the legislation, regarding payments to individuals,\u00a0reads, “For purposes of this section, the\u00a0term \u2018eligible individual\u2019 means any individual other than \u2014\u00a0\u2018\u2018(1) any nonresident alien individual …”<\/p>\n
The Internal Revenue Service defines a nonresident alien as “any individual who is not a U.S. citizen or U.S. national. A nonresident alien is an alien who has not passed the green card test or the substantial presence test.”<\/p>\n
Only noncitizens who have been authorized to work by the Department of Homeland Security can get\u00a0a Social Security number, which\u00a0is required to work and\u00a0collect Social Security benefits, as well as\u00a0other government services.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fact check: <\/strong>Some states with GOP governors did have mask mandates<\/span><\/p>\n However, according to the Associated Press, some people who entered the U.S. on valid temporary working visas \u2014\u00a0which would have made\u00a0them eligible for\u00a0a Social Security number \u2014\u00a0may be eligible for the stimulus check, even if they overstayed their visas.<\/p>\n Julia Gelatt, a senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, told AP that “for the most part,\u00a0no unauthorized immigrants will receive the $1,400 stimulus payments,” because recipients must have valid Social Security numbers.<\/p>\n Senate Republicans said Tuesday that the country will pay a price after the passage of a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill along party lines Wednesdy in the House. (March 10)<\/p>\n AP Domestic<\/span><\/p>\n Dorothy Clark, a spokesperson for the Social Security Administration told CNN, “once a Social Security Number (SSN) has been assigned to an eligible person, it remains a valid SSN. Social Security does not void or rescind SSNs after valid assignments.”<\/p>\n It is unknown if the IRS will be\u00a0issuing\u00a0the stimulus payments to holders of Social Security numbers\u00a0who are no longer authorized to work in the U.S.<\/p>\n The claim\u00a0is PARTLY FALSE, based on our research. The overwhelming majority of immigrants who are not in the country legally will not be eligible for the $1,400 stimulus checks. Recipients must have Social Security numbers to receive the payment. However, some people who had valid temporary working visas \u2014\u00a0 which make them eligible for Social Security numbers \u2014\u00a0may receive stimulus checks even if they overstayed those visas. The number of people that this may apply to is unknown.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/uxstatic\/usatoday\/usat-web-static-5017.2.0\/images\/sprites\/icon_close.png\"){kind=icon}
<\/p>\nOur rating: Partly false<\/h2>\n
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