I’m proposing $2,000 monthly payments throughout the pandemic and for 3 months after, because rent and bills are still due during this crisis and people are going hungry. It’s that basic.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) May 11, 2020
Rep. Tlaib Wants to Give Illegals $2k Monthly Checks
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D‑Mich., a member of the progressive “Squad,” is pushing a bill that would give everyone in the U.S., including undocumented immigrants, $2,000 a month during the coronavirus crisis followed by $1,000 a month until a year after the coronavirus pandemic ends.Tlaib and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D‑Wash., reintroduced the Automatic Boost to Communities Act in the House of Representatives Tuesday.The bill “would be funded directly from the Treasury with no additional debt issued by minting two $1 trillion coins, and additional coins as necessary,” Tlaib and Jayapal said in a press release.