In controversial move, millions of US Covid relief checks to bear Donald Trump's signature

In latest development, Treasury Department in United States (US) has w asked President Donald Trump’s signature to be printed on stimulus checks which are being sent to millions of Americans across state to help m tide over financial losses during COVID-19 pandemic. move, which has been criticised, comes in le-up to US Presidential elections where Trump is to face Joe Biden.

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stimulus checks, which are being sent by  Internal Revenue Service (IRS), are part of  $2.2 trillion relief pack passed by Congress at end of March. stimulus check is intended to help workers who have been laid-off or given unpaid leave along with those businesses suffering under lockdowns during pandemic. As per latest figures, re are more than 315,000 COVID-19 cases in U.S.

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Stimulus checks in US

Anyone earning up to $75,000 in justed gross income and who has a Social Security number will receive $1,200. payment steily declines for those who make more. Legal permanent residents, or green card holders, are expected to benefit.  $2.2 trillion packs, however, has one major exclusion, which is  millions of immigrants who do t have legal status in U.S. but work here and pay taxes.

As per a report by a news ncy, roughly 4.3 million mostly unauthorized immigrants who do t have a Social Security number file taxes using what’s kwn as a taxpayer identification number, according to Institute on Taxation and Ecomic Policy. 

(With ncy Inputs)

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