The White House released a memo condemning the Democratic push for illegal immigrants to receive healthcare amid the government shutdown.
According to the memo, the Working Families Tax Cut Act (WFTCA), signed into law by President Trump, contains policies that “represent a comprehensive effort to address waste, fraud, and abuse to strengthen the healthcare system for the most vulnerable Americans, ensuring that taxpayer dollars are focused on American citizens and do not subsidize healthcare for illegal immigrants.”
“Democrats are demanding these reforms be repealed as a condition of keeping the government open for four weeks,” the memo read. “This would result in the federal government spending nearly $200 billion on healthcare for illegal immigrants and non-citizens over the next decade — nearly enough to fund the entire Children’s Health Insurance Program over the same period— all while repealing reforms that strengthen care for the most vulnerable Americans.”
The memorandum declares that the Democrats’ funding proposal puts American patients last.
“Adding insult to injury, Democrats are also seeking to undo critical reforms that strengthen the healthcare system for American patients,” the document adds. “Their bill would repeal a historic $50 billion investment into transforming rural healthcare, take Health Savings Accounts away from 10 million Americans poised to gain access, and end common-sense Clinton-era work requirements for able-bodied, working-aged adults without young children.”
Vice President JD Vance shed light on the Democratic effort during an interview with Fox News, saying, “It’s not something that we made up. It’s not a talking point. It is in the text of the bill that they initially gave to us to reopen the government.”
“But look, let’s set that all to the side. Let’s open up the government Let’s negotiate on all these healthcare policy issues,” Vance said. “Obviously, we’re not going to support healthcare benefits for illegal aliens, but we will work with them to lower healthcare costs for American citizens if they’re willing to do so,” Vance said.
