EDWIN PITTI: But I had the opportunity yesterday to talk to Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, and he told me that they tried, until the very end, to try to include the undocumented in this package but the Republicans said no.
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CRISTINA LONDOÑO: It excludes undocumented immigrants.
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JULIO VAQUEIRO: What options does an undocumented immigrant have left under these conditions, where they won´t get the federal assistance?
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JOSÉ DÍAZ-BALART: Many are Latinos, a particularly vulnerable community right now, and they are already having a hard time getting the benefits.
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JORGE RAMOS: When you talk to our people, what are they telling you?
FABIOLA GALINDO: Um, Jorge. Many of them won't receive the assistance discussed in Washington. Many of them don’t have papers.
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MARIA ANTONIETA COLLINS: An important group of workers who will not receive benefits from the stimulus package are the thousands of undocumented workers.
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PEDRO ULTRERAS: There is currently no assistance for undocumented immigrants.
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JANET ALVAREZ: Unfortunately not. This package only applies for people who have filed their tax returns, who have a Social Security number.
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REBEKAH SMYTH: And well, people's spirits are declining day by day, in addition to undocumented immigrants who for the most part, have been fired because restaurants and businesses, bodegas, can no longer continue to pay them.
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PITTI: It doesn't matter that the economy is doing well, because at the end of the day the economy is important but health comes first.