Third Stimulus Check: Biden Wants Mixed-Status Families Included In $1,400 Payments
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Mixed-status households were ineligible to receive the first and second round of payments
The House is expected to vote on Biden s $1.9 trillion relief bill next week
President Joe Biden’s $19 trillion coronavirus relief plan may also provide mixed-status families with $1,400 stimulus checks.
On Jan. 15, Biden unveiled a proposal for a $19 trillion economic relief package with provisions for a third round of payments to millions of American individuals and families, including mixed-status households.
Mixed-status families are households whose members have different citizenship or immigration classifications. These can be families in which a spouse is a U.S. citizen while the other isn’t, or neither parents are U.S. citizens but the child is a U.S.-born citizen, according to the National Immigration Law Center.
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Jan 26, 2021 07:57 AM EST
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With President Joe Biden in office, several Democrats were anticipating he would quickly make efforts to push his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan through Congress and have a $1,400 stimulus check out as soon as possible to the majority of Americans. However, the process is taking longer than such leaders expected.