The Central American “caravan of migrants” is pouring across the U.S.-Mexico border through Mexico.
As Americans begin to receive the latest round of relief checks for the Covid-19 outbreak, a new tally shows that approximately $4.38 billion will be sent to illegal immigrants living in the United States.
The Center for Immigration Studies estimates that 2.65 million illegal immigrants have Social Security numbers and are eligible to receive relief checks. Camarota, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies, said the illegal immigrants can be described as “temporarily undocumented aliens.
These people are in the country illegally and may be asked to leave,” he said. But under the current system, they still get work authorization and Social Security numbers.”
These illegal immigrants include Dreamers and those on Temporary Protected Status. In addition, USCIS issued 882,000 work authorizations and Social Security numbers to other illegal immigrants in fiscal year 2020, including asylum seekers and aliens applying for adjustment of status and withholding of deportation, among other categories.
Camarota said those numbers do not include the 1.8 million illegal immigrants estimated by the Social Security Administration to be using Social Security numbers that do not match their names. Another 600,000 people who entered the country legally but overstayed their visas also have Social Security numbers.
Camarota said, “There is no doubt that millions of illegal immigrants will receive billions of dollars in Epidemic relief checks.” “This highlights an even more troubling fact: that illegal immigrants are being issued Social Security numbers in large numbers. This clearly demonstrates that the United States is simply not serious about enforcing its immigration laws.”
In the U.S., asylum seekers are often granted work permits while waiting for their cases to be adjudicated. While nearly 90 percent of immigrants pass the initial screening at the border, less than 20 percent are ultimately approved by an immigration judge. For those in Central America, that percentage is less than 10 percent.
Media reports say the southern U.S. border has become overwhelmed. Most illegal immigrants do not even claim to have a compelling fear to apply for asylum because they know they will still be released to the U.S. quickly – especially if they are accompanied by a child.
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