Biden stimulus plan: NJ immigrant families see economic relief app.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from app.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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, 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.
As part of the package, millions of Americans will receive $1,400 payments if they meet certain income thresholds. Moreno, 38, won t qualify for a check as an immigrant without legal status and no Social Security number.
Immigrant families see light of hope in Biden s stimulus plan after year of economic pain msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Marijuana legislation is popping up all over the place. (Creative Commons)
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Last Prisoner Project Calls on Biden to Grant Clemency to Federal Marijuana Prisoners. The Last Prisoner Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to cannabis-related criminal justice reform, has launched A Time To Heal, an advocacy campaign calling on President Biden to leverage his clemency power to commute the sentences of thousands of people unjustifiably incarcerated due to federal marijuana-related violations. The advocacy organization is also encouraging the President to issue grants to the tens of thousands more still struggling because of the collateral consequences of a federal cannabis conviction. President Biden himself has acknowledged that nobody should be in jail for a nonviolent crime . We re encouraging him to turn his words into action and use the most immediate tool at his disposal to provide this desperately-needed relief, said project director of strategic initiat
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NJ residents could be celebrating Bruce Springsteen Day soon, according to a resolution that advanced in the state Legislature Thursday. (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)
FREEHOLD, NJ - A Democratic-led committee in the New Jersey state Legislature advanced a resolution Thursday calling for a Bruce Springsteen Day in the Garden State.
Springsteen, 71, is a Grammy-award winning musician from Freehold. He currently lives in Colts Neck.
State Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) introduced the measure in January. You can view the resolution here.
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A similar resolution calls for a ceremonious week to recognize Grover Cleveland, a former governor of New York and the only U.S. president to serve two non-consecutive terms.