Kids’ Suit Alleging Covid Relief Payments Discriminate Proceeds

The U.S. government must face a proposed class suit alleging its cash relief payment program for qualified children under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act unlawfully discriminates based on the parents’ alienage, a federal court in Maryland said.

The plaintiffs are seven U.S. citizen children with at least one undocumented immigrant parent, and their parents. They have adequately pleaded an equal protection claim that the CARES Act discriminates against them based solely on the parents’ undocumented status, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland said.

The minors have standing to sue, even if the payments aren’t ...