The stimulus bill (HR5140), to be marked up in the Senate Finance Committee today, says “nonresident alien individuals” are ineligible for payments. But from the IRS page defining what that means, it looks like illegal aliens count as “resident aliens” and so would indeed be getting checks from the Treasury Department. In fact, someone who’s looked at the issue says that even aliens who’ve been deported, but who were in the United States for the required number of days last year, would qualify for checks. So now we’re going to be sending “stimulus” checks abroad, too?