"Every single one of them raised their hand to great applause in the audience from the Democrats who were there. Those hands included Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Now, what did they do? Did they follow through on that promise? Yeah, they absolutely did. Joe Biden used executive orders, and he expanded benefitshealth care to illegal aliensin his four-year term. That was an outrageous violation of the existing federal law."
"I can tell you that U.S. law prohibits undocumented immigrants from gaining federally subsidized health care, whether that's Medicaid, Affordable Care Act, Children's Health Insurance Program, or otherwise. It's actually a 1996 law that establishes that, and the Democrats aren't looking to change that law. And as far as the Affordable Care Act subsidies, there is no access for undocumented immigrants to get Obamacare. That's just the fact right now."
A congressional press conference featured claims that Democratic politicians supported taxpayer-funded health care for undocumented immigrants, citing a 2020 debate where candidates raised their hands. A claim followed that executive actions by the president expanded health benefits to undocumented immigrants during the four-year term, framed as an alleged violation of federal law. A network fact-check clarified that U.S. law dating to 1996 bars undocumented immigrants from receiving federally subsidized health care, including Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and CHIP, and that ACA subsidies are not available to undocumented immigrants. Polling shows growing public blame directed at Republicans and the former president as the shutdown continues.
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