Excluded from the CARES Act Stimulus Payments and Included under Rubio-Diaz-Balart Bills: U.S.

-Citizen a
Unauthorized Immigrants*

Excluded from CARES Act Payments

U.S.-Citizen and Legal U.S.-Citizen and Legal

Immigrant** Spouses of Immigrant** Children of
Unauthorized Immigrants Unauthorized Immigrants
United States 1,404,000 3,665,000
Alabama 7,000 26,000
Arizona 37,000 91,000
Arkansas 8,000 28,000
California 363,000 1,050,000
Colorado 25,000 64,000
Connecticut 11,000 19,000
Delaware 3,000 9,000
Florida 66,000 145,000
Georgia 35,000 131,000
Hawaii 7,000 8,000
Idaho 5,000 13,000
Illinois 64,000 160,000
Indiana 14,000 36,000
Iowa 7,000 14,000
Kansas 10,000 27,000
Kentucky 5,000 16,000
Louisiana 7,000 17,000
Maryland 24,000 57,000
Massachusetts 17,000 30,000
Michigan 22,000 41,000
Minnesota 13,000 28,000
Mississippi 3,000 8,000
Missouri 8,000 19,000
Nebraska 6,000 16,000
Nevada 20,000 49,000
New Jersey 55,000 128,000
New Mexico 10,000 24,000
New York 102,000 211,000
North Carolina 30,000 127,000
Ohio 17,000 29,000
Oklahoma 12,000 34,000
Oregon 17,000 45,000
Pennsylvania 17,000 32,000
Rhode Island 3,000 6,000
South Carolina 9,000 29,000
Tennessee 13,000 48,000
Texas 239,000 640,000
Utah 11,000 32,000
Virginia 28,000 62,000
Washington 34,000 80,000
Wisconsin 13,000 32,000
Wyoming <2,000 3,000

* The unauthorized immigrant population defined here excludes people with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or Temporary P
applications have been pending for more than six months; all three groups are work authorized and have Social Security Numbers, and are
Act.
** The legal immigrant population defined here includes green-card holders and immigrants with a valid temporary visa, such as a student o

Notes : The bills analyzed here would have granted stimulus payments to eligible adults, even if filing taxes jointly wtih someone who lacked
filed for additional payments for each dependent child who had a Social Security number. This means that children with one U.S.-citizen or
have been newly eligible for assistance under the bill, but those with only unauthorized immigrant parents would not. This analysis looks at
them for any amount of payment under the CARES Act. The thresholds for receiving any CARES Act payment were $99,000 for childless s
the threshold increasing by an additional $10,000 for each child in the taxpaying unit. MPI researchers used the childless thresholds as a co
sample had an income below the eligibility threshold for at least some benefits. Numbers may not add up due to rounding. Estimates for po
samples below this threshold; no estimates for Alaska, the District of Columbia, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Da
reason.

Sources : Migration Policy Institute (MPI) analysis of data from the 2012-16 American Communitiy Survey (pooled) with assignments of imm
Hook of The Pennsylvania State University and James Bachmeier of Temple University; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS
2019,"
www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/All%20Form%20Types/D
1_2019.pdf; Jill Wilson, Temporary Protected Status: Overview and Current Issues (Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, up
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RS20844.pdf; USCIS, "Form I-1765 Application for Employment Authorization: All Receipts, Approvals, De
Fiscal Year 2019. Data on employment authorization documents approved by state, with approval dates through June 18, 2018, obtained b
Request.
r Rubio-Diaz-Balart Bills: U.S.-Citizen and Legal Immigrant** Family Members of

Included under S.4071 and H.R.7346

U.S.-Citizen and Legal U.S.-Citizen and Legal Immigrant** Children

Immigrant** Spouses of with an Unauthorized Immigrant Parent and
Unauthorized Immigrants a U.S.-Citizen or Work-Authorized Parent
1,404,000 1,496,000
7,000 10,000
37,000 46,000
8,000 10,000
363,000 399,000
25,000 31,000
11,000 8,000
3,000 3,000
66,000 60,000
35,000 43,000
7,000 5,000
5,000 6,000
64,000 67,000
14,000 17,000
7,000 9,000
10,000 13,000
5,000 6,000
7,000 7,000
24,000 20,000
17,000 11,000
22,000 21,000
13,000 13,000
3,000 4,000
8,000 8,000
6,000 8,000
20,000 24,000
55,000 44,000
10,000 13,000
102,000 81,000
30,000 40,000
17,000 14,000
12,000 16,000
 17,000 21,000
17,000 15,000
3,000 3,000
9,000 10,000
13,000 16,000
239,000 286,000
11,000 15,000
28,000 22,000
34,000 36,000
13,000 14,000
<2,000 <2,000

on for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or Temporary Protected Status (TPS), as well as asylum seekers whose
rized and have Social Security Numbers, and are therefore eligible for stimulus payments under the CARES

ts with a valid temporary visa, such as a student or temporary worker visa.

even if filing taxes jointly wtih someone who lacked a Social Security number. Those adults could then have
This means that children with one U.S.-citizen or legal immigrant parent and one unauthorized parent would
migrant parents would not. This analysis looks at the number of people in families whose incomes qualify
CARES Act payment were $99,000 for childless single adults, $198,000 for childless married couples, with
researchers used the childless thresholds as a conservative measure to ensure that every family in the
may not add up due to rounding. Estimates for populations under 2,000 are not given due to inadequate
ontana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and West Virginia are given for this

mmunitiy Survey (pooled) with assignments of immigration status by MPI researchers and by Jennifer Van
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), "Approximate Active DACA Recipients: December 31,

ion%20Forms%20Data/All%20Form%20Types/DACA/DACA_Population_Receipts_since_Injunction_Dec_3
hington, DC: Congressional Research Service, updated April 1, 2020),
oyment Authorization: All Receipts, Approvals, Denials Grouped by Eligibility Category and Filing Type,"
approval dates through June 18, 2018, obtained by MPI from USCIS through a Freedom of Information Act