A federal court recently blocked the Biden administration’s plans to provide taxpayer-subsidized health plans to illegal aliens after Alabama and other states sued for an injunction.
The plan came through a change in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program through the U.S. Citizens and Immigration Services (USCIS). The final rule promulgated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would change the definition of “lawfully present” to allow DACA recipients to enroll in health insurance plans through the Patient Protection Act and the Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare.
Attorney General Steve Marshall joined a coalition of 18 other state attorneys general in suing to stop the proposed rule from going into effect. Kansas led the coalition arguing the case in October, and the court sided with the attorneys general and granted a preliminary injunction.
“Under no circumstances should American citizens be bankrolling Obamacare for illegal immigrants,” Marshall said. “Not only would subsidized healthcare be another incentive for illegal immigration, but the agency threatened to cut the funding States use to run the very exchanges required under the Affordable Care Act. Thankfully, the court put another nail in the coffin of Biden’s radical leftwing agenda. I am looking forward to January 20 and a new hope for the American dream and our country’s prosperity.”
Marshall and the others argued that the rule change would grant Obamacare to over 200,000 DACA recipients.
The coalition argued that a 1996 law generally prohibits illegal aliens from receiving federal benefits, and the Affordable Care Act says that an alien must be lawfully present in the United States to receive subsidized health insurance.
U.S. District Judge Daniel M. Traynor agreed with the coalition, granting the preliminary injunction in all 19 states that joined the suit.
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