{"id":1972346,"date":"2023-07-13T18:06:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T22:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-vance-hawley-blast-biden-administration-plan-to-extend-medicaid-to-some-illegal-immigrants\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T18:08:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T22:08:42","slug":"senators-vance-hawley-blast-biden-administration-plan-to-extend-medicaid-to-some-illegal-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-vance-hawley-blast-biden-administration-plan-to-extend-medicaid-to-some-illegal-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators Vance and Hawley criticize Biden&#8217;s plan to expand Medicaid to certain undocumented immigrants."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenators-vance-hawley-blast-biden-administration-plan-to-extend-medicaid-to-some-illegal-immigrants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1972346&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republican Senators Blast Biden Administration&#8217;s Plan to Provide Healthcare to Illegal Immigrants<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Sending a Strong Message<\/h3>\n<p>Senators J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) have joined forces to express their concerns about the Biden administration&#8217;s proposal to grant illegal immigrants access to government-provided healthcare. In a letter addressed to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, the senators strongly criticized this plan.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Opposition Grows<\/h3>\n<p>Joined by several other Republican Congressmen, Vance and Hawley are not alone in their opposition. The letter also condemns the administration&#8217;s intention to expand Medicaid, the Children&#8217;s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Obamacare market access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-consequences-bidens-border-patrol-chief-blames-him-for-border-crisis\/\" title=\"\"No Consequences\" - Biden's Border Patrol Chief Blames Him for Border Crisis\">illegal immigrants enrolled<\/a> in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vance.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DACA-Healthcare-Letter-Final.pdf\">letter<\/a> comes months after President Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-daca-affordable-care-act-obamacare-health-5e8777aea489484c90dbcf184cad6310?utm_source=homepage&#038;utm_medium=TopNews&#038;utm_campaign=position_01\">announced<\/a> that illegal immigrants enrolled in DACA would be eligible for government-funded healthcare programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">The Republican lawmakers&#8217; letter states, &#8220;By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uber-lyft-slump-as-u-s-proposal-on-workers-a-potential-blow-to-gig-economy\/\" title=\"Uber, Lyft slump as U.S. proposal on workers a potential blow to gig economy\">providing health insurance<\/a> to DACA recipients, this policy further burdens programs intended to serve U.S. citizens and simultaneously encourages more aliens to enter our country illegally in the hopes of receiving similar protection and services.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Highlighting the Numbers<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Over 643,000<\/span> DACA recipients are estimated to be living in the United States as of 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Border Crisis Concerns<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The letter also criticizes the Biden administration&#8217;s handling of the border crisis, stating, &#8220;This approach appears to align with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-vance-hawley-blast-biden-administration-plan-to-extend-medicaid-to-some-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"Senators Vance and Hawley criticize Biden's plan to expand Medicaid to certain undocumented immigrants.\">open-borders agenda advanced<\/a> by your colleague, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with hundreds of thousands of aliens apprehended trying to enter our country illegally every month.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Congressional Support<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The letter was signed by 14 Congressional Republicans, including Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Bob Good (R-VA), Matt Rosendale (R-MT), Eli Crane (R-AZ), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Ken Buck (R-CO), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Tom Tiffany (R-WI), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), and Tom McClintock (R-CA).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Broken Promises and Legal Questions<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/04\/13\/flashback-obama-promised-obamacare-would-not-apply-to-illegal-aliens\/\">promised<\/a> that Obamacare wouldn&#8217;t cover healthcare for illegal immigrants.<\/li>\n<li>The DACA program was ruled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/10\/05\/1127107147\/an-appeals-court-rules-against-daca-but-the-program-continues-for-now\">illegal<\/a> in October 2022 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, although it remains in use for those enrolled before the court&#8217;s decision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Impact on the American Medical System<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A recent report from Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee reveals that illegal immigrants are straining the American medical system, leaving hospitals with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/illegal-immigration-costs-hospitals-billions-in-unpaid-bills-house-gop-report-finds\">billions of dollars<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrants-putting-enormous-strain-on-u-s-health-facilities-senior-executive\/\" title=\"Illegal Immigrants Putting Enormous Strain on U.S. Health Facilities: Senior Executive\">unpaid medical bills<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senators Vance (R-OH) and Hawley (R-MO) criticized the Biden administration&#8217;s healthcare access for illegal immigrants in a letter to Secretary Becerra. 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