Grassroots Group Urges North Carolinians to Pledge Stimulus Checks to Undocumented Families
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A local immigrantâs rights group is restarting a grassroots initiative encouraging residents to donate part or all of their $600 stimulus checks to undocumented families.Â
Congress has mandated the IRS send over 100 million taxpayers the payments by January 15 to give struggling families a modest financial boost. But undocumented residents are ineligible to receive any federal relief, though many are frontline and essential workers or are part of a community particularly hard hit by COVID outbreaks.Â
The charge to help needy familiesâdubbed #PledgeYourCheckâis once again being led by grassroots group Siembra N.C., which has offices in Durham and Greensboro.Â