Republican attorneys general seek to block rule providing health insurance for DACA recipients

Source: Nebraska Examiner

By: Mary Steurer - October 16, 2024 10:35 am

Three Republican attorneys general argued in a federal courtroom in North Dakota on Tuesday that a federal rule allowing some undocumented immigrants to receive subsidized health insurance should be stopped – or at the very least, delayed.

The attorneys general for Kansas, North Dakota and South Dakota led the hearing on behalf of 19 states — including Nebraska — challenging the rule, which would allow undocumented immigrants protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to access health care plans under the Affordable Care Act.

The immigration program, also known as DACA, temporarily delays the deportation of people who immigrated to the United States without documentation when they were children.

Health benefits under the Affordable Care Act are limited to U.S. citizens, nationals or immigrants “lawfully present” in the country.



North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley, left, speaks during a news conference following a hearing in a lawsuit against a federal rule authorizing DACA participants to access subsidized health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. With Wrigley are Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, center, and South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley. (Courtesy of Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)


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