Immigrant Advocates Denounce 'Bleak Austerity' of Senate GOP Stimulus Package, Demand Democratic Leadership Fight for Recovery for All
July 29, 2020
July 29, 2020
NEW YORK, July 29 -- The New York Immigration Coalition issued the following news release:
Washington, DC-Senate Republicans unveiled their effort for a final stimulus package, including a proposed cut to weekly emergency unemployment benefits at 70% of a worker's previous wages, replacing the $600 per week which states stopped paying out this week. The package would set the benefit at a sum of $200 per week on top of what recipients would normally receive from states through Septem . . .
Washington, DC-Senate Republicans unveiled their effort for a final stimulus package, including a proposed cut to weekly emergency unemployment benefits at 70% of a worker's previous wages, replacing the $600 per week which states stopped paying out this week. The package would set the benefit at a sum of $200 per week on top of what recipients would normally receive from states through Septem . . .