Financial aid for undocumented migrants residing in California set to be available. Those aged 18 and above, and can prove they have lost income and other wages because of COVIC-19 are qualified to get $500, and a maximum amount of $1000 for each family.

Additionally, these particular people are not qualified for any of the federal or unemployment stimulus checks. In relation to this, the state of California has vouched to allot $75 million to assist the undocumented migrants.

Meanwhile, another amount of $50 million is currently being raised through donations and private contributions which, according to news reports, "is also set to be given out."

Finding Recipients

Several non-profit and private organizations across the state have been selected to look for recipients of the money raised and distribute the money.

According to California Governor Gavin Newsom said, to date, there are roughly "150,000 migrants" who he considers as qualified recipients of the financial aid.

Nevertheless, there has been an objection to the money's distribution to the said recipients. Essentially, according to reports, "the Center for American Liberty asked the California Supreme Court to block" California's plan of distributing money to undocumented immigrants greatly affected by COVID-19.

The opposing group claims that the funds' distribution is not allowed according to federal and state law. The Supreme Court rejected the petition on May 6th.

The Center for American Liberty was asked for a comment but no response has been made yet, as of this writing.

Also early this month, Associated Press reported that the Los Angeles Superior Court, in the same way, rejected a petition which Judicial Watch, a conservative group, requested to stop the financial program, as well.

The petition argued that the governor lacked clear authority from the lawmakers of the state to provide money.

Backing from the Other Government Leaders

Earlier on, the New York Democrat, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, praised California, for the stimulus funds provided for illegal immigrants. She said, California's recovery program, is "leaps and bounds," better than the initiatives of NY in assisting the undocumented migrants.

Specifically, according to Ocasio-Cortez, the state is recognizing how critical the undocumented people have been, in their economy, and they are working quite hard to have it repaid.

Ocasio Cortez has been known for being one of the most vocal supporters when it comes to providing funds for the undocumented migrants for quite some time now.

More so three other House Democrats have reportedly launched a bill to provide funds for everyone who has Individual Taxpayer Identification Number or ITIN, and these would also include the undocumented individuals.

Late last month, roughly nine million stimulus payments have been issued already to qualified citizens of California, as based on data the federal released.

In addition, in April, the IRS released numbers, showing how many people had received their stimulus payments already, as of mid-April. Relatively, California citizens already received nearly 16 billion, roughly averaging $1,174 for every individual.

The amount distributed, according to earlier reports, only accounted for about 35 percent of the eligible citizens of the state. 

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