Texas DACA Lawsuit Threatens Many Work Permit Giveaways
24 Dec 2020
A Texas judge may strike down President Barack Obama’s 2012 DACA amnesty for roughly 700,000 illegal migrants and undermine other giveaway programs that allow U.S. employers to keep foreign workers in jobs needed by Americans.
In a December 22 hearing, the pro-migration supporters of Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) amnesty asked District Judge Andrew Hanen to preserve the award of work permits, regardless of the economic impact on non-college Americans.
Hanen called the hearing after Texas, and other states filed a lawsuit to have the DACA amnesty declared illegal.
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CalMatters
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There are a few changes to qualifications for the second round of stimulus checks due to reach the American people in coming weeks.
The package bill for the $600-per-person payments has passed Congress, although there is a push from the White House and others to change its contents and increase the payments to $2,000.
Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin at a hearing examining the quarterly Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys-Pool/Getty Images)
Many students will not qualify for the next round of payments, nor will immigrants who don’t have a social security number. The first stimulus checks allowed for immigrants who have an ITIN, or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, to receive a check.
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