Trump sued for blocking stimulus checks to Americans married to immigrants – By Aimee Picchi (MoneyWatch) / April 27 2020
President Donald Trump faces a lawsuit over the federal government declining to make $1,200 stimulus checks to U.S. citizens who are married to immigrants without Social Security numbers. The litigation comes after the IRS said only married couples who both hold valid Social Security numbers will receive the payments.
The suit, filed by a U.S. citizen and Illinois resident identified only as “John Doe,” alleges that the ban violates the Constitution and is a form of discrimination “based solely on whom he chose to marry.”
The stimulus checks are part of the government’s $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package, which provides $1,200 for single taxpayers earning less than $75,000 and $2,400 for married couples earning less than $150,000.
The plaintiff in the suit would have qualified for a $1,200 stimulus check except that he files taxes with his immigrant spouse, who uses an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, according to the lawsuit, which also names Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as defendants.
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