This story was originally published by City Bureau on August 6, 2020.
“The communities I represent desperately need relief and the HEROES Act commits over $3 trillion to meet those needs and addresses the serious inequities in previous relief packages,” García said in a statement.
BPNC and other local groups like Increase the Peace and Gage Park Latinx Council have found themselves in the business of resource redistribution: accepting cash donations, food donations, baby supplies, bicycles and handing them out to undocumented families, no questions asked.
Her question to him: “Are you the government?”
Some need help to buy insulin and medication, Martinez said. One person, who is undocumented and uninsured, had contracted COVID-19 and racked up a $2,000 hospital bill.
“I think there’s a lot of privileged people making decisions about what our community needs without deeply understanding the pain, the need, the desperation that some of our people feel,” Aguayo said.
