An estimated 10.7 million undocumented immigrants in the USA are ineligible for emergency federal benefits or state unemployment insurance because they don't have valid work authorization.
Critics said those who work illegally get benefits and services for those taxes, including free public education for their children as well as garbage pickup and police and fire protection.
The pandemic has hit hard at many industries where undocumented Hispanics work, including restaurants, food delivery, construction and cleaning, said Ana Flores, director of education for the nonprofit Qualitas of Life Foundation, based in New York. The first week, it was her choice to stay home, she said, but the following week, the homeowners she worked for canceled after shutdowns went into effect. Duarte said she would normally make $300 to $400 a week cleaning houses.
"We still need to pay electricity, food, and this is not going to end,'' she said."The work may stop, but the bills don't stop."
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