Republicans aim to punish states that insure unauthorized immigrants

Republicans aim to punish states that insure unauthorized immigrants • Washington State Standard

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, speaks alongside Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., left, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., right, during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on March 11, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)President Donald Trump’s signature budget legislation would punish 14 states that offer health coverage to people in the U.S. without authorization. The states, most of the…

A False Claim About Illegal Immigration and Medicaid

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. A House-passed reconciliation bill would reduce federal funding to states that provide state-funded health insurance to people in the U.S. illegally, resulting in 1.4 million people losing coverage, according to a preliminary Congressional Budget Office analysis. But President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers have wrongly cast the bill as removing these immigrants from Medicaid…

'A prisoner’s dilemma': How Republicans plan to punish states that won't adhere to their agenda

President Donald Trump’s signature budget legislation would punish 14 states that offer health coverage to people in the U.S. without authorization. The states, most of them Democratic-led, provide insurance to some low-income immigrants — often children — regardless of their legal status. Advocates argue the policy is both humane and ultimately cost-saving.But the federal legislation, which Republicans have titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” …

Republicans Aim To Punish States That Insure Unauthorized Immigrants

President Donald Trump’s signature budget legislation would punish 14 states that offer health coverage to people in the U.S. without authorization. The states, most of them Democratic-led, provide insurance to some low-income immigrants — often children — regardless of their legal status. Advocates argue the policy is both humane and ultimately cost-saving. But the federal legislation, which Republicans have titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill,”…

Republicans aim to punish states that insure unauthorized immigrants

A GOP tax-and-spending bill the House approved Thursday would slash federal Medicaid reimbursement for states that offer health coverage to immigrants without legal status.