Opinion

Who Counts as American for Trump’s Coronavirus Cash?

‘NON-PEOPLE’

There are calls to exclude people without legal status to be excluded. Rand Paul says “taxpayer money shouldn’t go to non-people.” Steven Mnuchin stresses it's for “Americans.”

Felipe De La Hoz
Felipe De La Hoz
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Felipe De La Hoz

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