Democrats went through with it last night — they shut down the government. With the midnight deadline passed, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his caucus chose to grind Washington to a halt rather than drop their demand for taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants.
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President Donald Trump and Republican leaders had warned for days that Democrats were holding national security and military readiness hostage to force the reinstatement of Medicaid benefits for illegal aliens. Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson blasted Schumer for putting “free healthcare for illegals” ahead of paychecks for U.S. troops.
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Democrats are, of course, pushing back by claiming that illegal immigrants aren’t eligible for Obamacare.
Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for the ACA. Period.
Trump keeps repeating this
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