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Yessenia Moreno has worried every day for nearly a year about how she will pay for her rent, the groceries and other bills while her savings diminished and her debts grew.
Moreno
, a single mother of five, contracted COVID-19 last year and then lost her job at a Margate restaurant after it closed temporarily due to statewide shutdowns.
The Mexican immigrant does not qualify for unemployment benefits or other safety net programs because she is living in the country illegally.
But Moreno and her children could soon get a lifeline in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Joe Biden on Thursday. Stimulus checks are expected to be mailed in the coming weeks.