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The Golden State Stimulus aims to provide financial aid to undocumented immigrants. But to receive it, they must file their taxes using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, and getting one often requires going through bureaucratic hurdles many don't know how to navigate.
California Policy Lab released a study in early April called The Stimulus Gap, estimating that as of the start of the month, about 2.2 million eligible Californians were “likely did not receive these or prior stimulus payments automatically and may be in danger of not receiving them at all.” The total amount of money in those checks is $5.7 billion.
A report by the California Policy Lab found that 2.2 million low-income Californians could be missing out on $5.7 billion in stimulus payments.