Senate Rejects Ban On Allowing Former Illegal Immigrants Healthcare Benefits

The Senate rejected an amendment to the budget that would have banned illegal immigrants from ever qualifying for “ObamaCare” and Medicaid.

Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Session (R-Ala.) introduced the amendment, which failed on a 43-56 vote. His amendment would have prohibited illegal immigrants, who later gain citizenship, from getting healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act or through Medicaid.

“My amendment would simply say if you are here illegally and then get lawful status, you do not qualify for ObamaCare and Medicaid,” Sessions said ahead of the vote early Saturday morning.
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