National Level
In a letter to Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, Leader Schumer, and Leader McCarthy,
The United States's largest Latino nonprofit advocacy organization, UnidosUS, urged congress to:give all individuals ready access to coronavirus testing and treatment, including the uninsured and underinsured, regardless of immigration status, including DACA recipients and TPS holders.
Despite this, the Education Department under Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued new guidelines on April 21, 2020 that prohibit colleges from granting emergency assistance to undocumented students, including those known as dreamers.
The United States's largest Latino nonprofit advocacy organization, UnidosUS, urged congress to:give all individuals ready access to coronavirus testing and treatment, including the uninsured and underinsured, regardless of immigration status, including DACA recipients and TPS holders.
Despite this, the Education Department under Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued new guidelines on April 21, 2020 that prohibit colleges from granting emergency assistance to undocumented students, including those known as dreamers.
In Illinois
On April 7, Mayor Lori Lighfoot signed an executive order that seeks to protect undocumented immigrants and refugees during Covid-19. This executive order supports undocumented individuals and families by ensuring their eligibility for any economic assistance offered by the City of Chicago. An estimated 136,000 people, which is 44% of the undocumented immigrant population in Cook County, is at or above 200% of the poverty line.
According to Get Covered Illinois, undocumented immigrants can recieve health care services at community health centers or federally qualified health centers and will not be turned away from any hosptial emergency room for medical treatment. An estimated 156,000 people, which is 51% of the undocumented immigrant population in Cook County, have no health insurance.
According to Get Covered Illinois, undocumented immigrants can recieve health care services at community health centers or federally qualified health centers and will not be turned away from any hosptial emergency room for medical treatment. An estimated 156,000 people, which is 51% of the undocumented immigrant population in Cook County, have no health insurance.