NY Allocates $2.1 Billion for Illegal Immigrants, Other ‘Excluded Workers’

Protestors march across the Brooklyn Bridge to demand funding for excluded workers in the New York State budget, in New York City on March 5, 2021. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

New York state legislators this week agreed to establish a $2.1 billion fund that will give money to illegal immigrants and other so-called excluded workers who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic but were ineligible for federal stimulus checks, unemployment aid, or other benefits.

The Excluded Worker Fund will extend a one-time payment to workers who lost jobs or income during the pandemic.