Denied stimulus checks, mixed-status families file suit against Trump administration

MISSION, Texas – The Trump Administration, Commerce Secretary Steve Mnuchin and the Internal Revenue Service have been named as plaintiffs in two separate lawsuits involving so-called mixed families where a spouse is included on joint tax returns.

The lawsuit has been filed because such families are administratively excluded from receipt of COVID-19 stimulus monies. The first of these were filed last week.

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 second was filed yesterday by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund.

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