Pelosi: 'I myself cannot understand' why illegal immigrants can't receive COVID-19 stimulus payments
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she doesn't understand why Congress isn't allowing illegal immigrants with tax identification numbers to receive stimulus payments.
Pelosi was asked if Democrats are going to allow illegal immigrants with individual tax identification numbers (ITINs) to receive $1,200 stimulus payments as part of CARES II, the next stimulus package that Congress is debating.
"I myself cannot understand why the tax number is not the basis for how some of this money is distributed and so we'll be making that case as well," Pelosi said during a news conference.