There’s an interesting question that WRAL failed to ask: did the people who put this together donate their own money? Or are they just trying to get Other People to do this?
#ShareYourCheck: Raleigh, Durham leaders encourage donating stimulus checks to immigrant taxpayers
A group of elected officials from Raleigh and Durham are encouraging the public to donate a portion of their stimulus checks to help immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The group includes Durham Mayor Steve Schewel and six councilmembers.
Called the #ShareYourCheck Challenge, the group is encouraging people who received stimulus payments to contribute part or all of their checks, if they can, to a new COVID-19 Immigrant Solidarity Fund, which helps undocumented families who can not receive federal stimulus checks despite being taxpayers.
Oh, it’s a challenge! Like one of those silly dance ones or taking off your pants while doing a handstand.
The #ShareYourCheck Challenge was created by Siembra NC, which works to assist families impacted by immigration detentions.
Undocumented taxpayers are not eligible for stimulus checks, and neither are U.S. citizens who are married to undocumented immigrants and file jointly with their spouses. In 2018, undocumented taxpayers in North Carolina paid an estimated $639 million in state and federal taxes, according to a press release.
The #ShareYourCheck campaign launched Saturday, with 219 donors raising $13,063 during a 12-hour Facebook Live. Among the donors were younger immigrant members of Siembra NC who already pledged their stimulus checks. The telethon benefited the #ShareYourCheck Challenge and seven Raleigh immigrant women whose husbands have been detained by ICE since January.
How much money did Siembra NC donate? They are a group that supports people who have broken U.S. federal laws.
Many Raleigh and Durham elected officials have taken the pledge. But, how much money did they give? And why are they pledging to support people who are unlawfully present in the United States?
Meanwhile
Trump to Suspend Immigration to the U.S. During Coronavirus Crisis
President Donald Trump says he will “temporarily suspend immigration†to the United States while the Chinese coronavirus crisis continues to claim American lives.
On Monday evening, Trump said he will pause all immigration to the U.S. — a moratorium that has not been enacted in four decades — while at least 22 million Americans are unemployed due to mandatory business closures by state governments.
“In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States,†Trump wrote on Twitter.
This has, of course, driven Credentialed Media outlets moonbat, with lots of opinion pieces disguised as straight news and “analysis”, as well as lots of crazy opinion pieces. Especially the NY Times.
So in the time of the Trump Plague, TEACH supports selective enforcement of laws!
Lefties did for decades.
And, as always when Lefties virtue signal, you first.
More Trump Plague news: The president is starting to walk back yesterday’s campaign tactic of planning to shut down all immigration, ‘probably’ exempting migrant farm workers.
Bummer, dudes.
Link?
In any case, the dam has bust and states are opening up probably faster and sooner than the Lefties hoped or wanted.
All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
Toldja
As of this morning, no word on this ‘probably’ exempting migrant farm workers.
The Eminent Mr Surber is up on these things and has nothing regarding it, but you want to see how lockstep all Lefties are, take a look at this piece.
Durn bern it, more bad news for Jeffery and all of his cartoon characters and sock puppets.
Looks like a lot of the country may get out of lockdown early. Word is we’ve seen lowest Nanking Nasty-related* deaths in 2 weeks.
And remember that Trump-Pence swastika Jeffery was belching about?
Turns out it was put up by a Bernie Bro.
Toldja.
CDC wants listed “probable” deaths defined as probable,” defined as follows: “decedent […] had no known positive laboratory test for Trans Pacific Plague” but the death certificate lists as a cause of death “Shanghai Surprise†or an equivalent”.
Tell me again this isn’t a scam.
from FOX:
COVID-19 Treatment Hydroxychloroquine Showed no Benefit, More Deaths in VA Virus Study
Malaria drug hydroxychloroquine showed no benefit in a large study of its use at U.S. veterans hospitals, researchers say.
Hydroxychloroquine has garnered global attention during the coronavirus pandemic, most notably from President Trump, who touted it as a potential treatment.
https://www.foxnews.com/science/covid-19-hydroxychloroquine-showed-no-benefit-more-deaths-va-virus-study
The research, which was published in the medRxiv online depository, evaluated data from 368 COVID-19 patients.