Coronavirus aid assistance for undocumented immigrants in California kicks off on May 18. The state is the first to financially help workers without legal status, who are excluded from receiving federal unemployment benefits and stimulus checks.
Applications will be approved on a first-come, first-serve basis until the $75 million in state funding runs out. Theestimates the funds will help close to 150,000 undocumented adults.
California is the first state in the country to provide disaster relief to undocumented immigrants as part of the COVID-19 response. Daranee Petsod, president of, a group helping Newsom with the philanthropic fund, says unauthorized immigrants make up 10 percent of the workforce and pay about $7 billion in taxes.
Applicants must be over 18 years of age and need to show proof that they have faced financial difficulties as a result of the pandemic.
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