Immigration Weekly Round-Up: New Jersey Governor Considers Pandemic Relief for Undocumented Residents; Supreme Court Wary of Green Cards for Immigrants with TPS; Mexican President Discusses U.S. Visas for Work on Reforestation
Friday, April 23, 2021
New Jersey to Consider Pandemic Relief for Undocumented Immigrants
Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey has indicated he is reviewing and considering a plan to allocate approximately $40 million in federal funding to immigrants in New Jersey for relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The money would be distributed in one-time payments.
Immigrant advocacy groups immediately denounced the $40 million as far too low; the campaign strategist for the Immigrant Alliance for Justice called it “insulting,” as it will only come “out to $96 per person.” These disagreements resulted in a very contentious call between Gov. Murphy and representatives from several of these groups. This tension comes amidst a hunger strike currently taking place in Newark to protest the lack of pandemic relief stimulus funding for undocumented residents.
Gov. Murphy did not comment on the specifics of the call, simply stating that “We’re trying to find legislative or other means by which we can get money to the undocumented population.” The Norris McLaughlin Immigration Law Blog, “Immigration Matters,” will continue to follow this story as it develops.
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/immigration-weekly-round-new-jersey-governor-considers-pandemic-relief-undocumented
