{"id":2237147,"date":"2024-05-04T11:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T15:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/slap-in-the-face-biden-blasted-after-giving-certain-illegal-immigrants-access-to-gov-health-care\/"},"modified":"2024-05-04T11:28:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T15:28:59","slug":"slap-in-the-face-biden-blasted-after-giving-certain-illegal-immigrants-access-to-gov-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/slap-in-the-face-biden-blasted-after-giving-certain-illegal-immigrants-access-to-gov-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Backlash: Biden Criticized for Granting Select Illegal Immigrants Health Care Benefits"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fslap-in-the-face-biden-blasted-after-giving-certain-illegal-immigrants-access-to-gov-health-care%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=2237147&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--><p>President\u2064 Joe Biden announced \u200bplans to provide government-backed health care coverage to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-releases-migrants-who-overwhelmed-texas-national-guard-in-border-stampede\/\" title=\"Judge frees migrants who caused chaos for Texas National Guard at the border\">specific illegal immigrants<\/a>, particularly DACA recipients. This decision, supported by a Biden administration rule change, allows DACA beneficiaries to enroll in\u2063 Obamacare, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-americans-confirmed-dead-in-eastern-ukraine-region-of-donbas\/\" title=\"Two Americans Confirmed Dead in Eastern Ukraine Region Of Donbas\">offering financial assistance<\/a> for coverage. Despite praise for supporting Dreamers, the move has faced backlash from \u200dRepublicans,\u2062 including criticism from former President\u2063 Donald Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> announced on Friday that he would make certain illegal immigrants eligible for government-backed health care coverage, prompting criticism from Republicans who said it was a \u201cslap in the face\u201d to American citizens. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biden said that illegal immigrants in the United States who had received Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) status because they had been taken into the country with their parents, would be able to now enroll in Obamacare. In a statement, Biden said that the illegal immigrants might be eligible for financial assistance to give them coverage. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhile President Biden continues to call on Congress to provide a pathway to citizenship to Dreamers and others, he is committed to protecting and preserving DACA and providing Dreamers with the opportunities and support they need to succeed, including access to affordable, quality health care coverage,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/05\/03\/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-expands-health-coverage-to-daca-recipients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The decision was made possible by a Biden admin rule changing the definition of \u201clawfully present\u201d to include DACA recipients for Obamacare and will go into effect just before the presidential election as DACA recipients will be able to register for coverage on November 1. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThanks to the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s actions, today\u2019s final rule will remove the prohibition on DACA recipients\u2019 eligibility for Affordable Care Act coverage for the first time, and is projected to help more than 100,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-makes-rule-change-to-give-taxpayer-funded-health-insurance-to-100000-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Grants Taxpayer-Funded Health Insurance to 100,000 Illegal Immigrants\">000 young people gain health insurance<\/a>,\u201d the president added. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The decision prompted harsh criticism from conservatives, including former President Donald Trump. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is unfair and unsustainable,\u201d Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_StephanieMyers\/status\/1786442978032267429\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cJoe Biden\u2018s handouts for illegal immigrants are especially devastating to Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, and union workers who are forced to watch their jobs and public resources stolen by people who illegally entered our country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714657703188000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0-8IzS3B7axoRMsynY0m75\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPresident Trump will put America and the American worker first. He will seal the border, stop the invasion, and expand economic opportunity for American citizens, not illegal aliens,\u201d Leavitt added. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last summer, Republicans in both the House and Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/tiffany.house.gov\/media\/editorials-letters-and-articles\/gop-lawmakers-urge-biden-admin-not-fund-healthcare-illegal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urged<\/a> Biden to not finalize the rule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Friday, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) said that Biden should be focusing on getting the border under control and reducing inflation instead of giving benefits to illegal immigrants. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere\u2019s an unprecedented crisis at our southern border, we\u2019ve got major conflicts around the world, and families all across Ohio are getting crushed by inflation,\u201d he said. \u201cJoe Biden\u2019s response to all this is to give your hard-earned money away to illegal immigrants in the form of taxpayer-funded healthcare. This is a slap in the face to every hardworking American who plays by the rules, and it would never happen if Donald Trump were president.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden&#8217;s Friday announcement to extend government-backed health care coverage to specific illegal immigrants sparked Republican backlash, deeming it a slight to American citizens. Biden emphasized that those with DACA status would be eligible for benefits, highlighting his administration&#8217;s stance on healthcare inclusivity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2237148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1256154622.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2237147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1256154622.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2237147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2237148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2237147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2237147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2237147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}