Immigrants in NJ are voicing outrage after WNYC/Gothamist reported the state re-allocated most of the $40 million fund created to help undocumented workers who didn’t initially qualify for state or federal COVID relief. 'They gave us hope with this fund.'
Thirty-five people went on on a hunger strike in April to pressure Gov. Phil Murphy to create a relief fund for undocumented immigrants.Thirty-five people went on on a hunger strike in April to pressure Gov. Phil Murphy to create a relief fund for undocumented immigrants.the state re-allocated most of the $40 million dollar fund created to help undocumented workers who didn’t initially qualify for state or federal COVID relief.
But with only $6 million in aid distributed by last year’s deadline, Murphy’s office re-allocated the rest of the money — $34 million — to other eligible expenses like payroll and departmental costs, officials confirmed. Immigrant groups said the $40 million was never enough to meet the need but people didn’t apply because the process was overly cumbersome. Others didn’t know the program existed. They said the state needed to dedicate more resources to reach people who were eligible and then help them through the process.
“Advocates for this program were integral to the design and administration of the program and their implementation recommendations were considered from the very beginning,” she said. “There was a heavy emphasis on case management and application review and very little time designated for outreach or reimbursement for outreach,” said Amy Torres, executive director of the“Knowing that the federal funds that were part of this program were set to expire in December, why didn’t the state make decisions to fund additional providers and deepen their outreach across the state?”
During Wednesday’s press conference, Felix Gallardo, who applied to the fund three months ago, said she’s still waiting to hear back.
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