The proclamation is the newest hurdle immigrants to the U.S. will face
Friday that will require immigrants to prove they can obtain health insurance before they are issued a visa. the latest in a series of moves that would restrict immigration — says immigrants must demonstrate they will have health insurance within 30 days of entering the country or that they can afford to cover any medical expenses.
“All Democrats just raised their hands for giving millions of illegal aliens unlimited healthcare,” heThe presidential proclamation will not affect refugees, asylum seekers or people on temporary visitor visas.All Democrats just raised their hands for giving millions of illegal aliens unlimited healthcare.
Trump's move is a "classic catch-22" for low-income immigrants, said Larry Levitt of the Kaiser Family Foundation. "They will need health insurance to be in the country legally [and] the only way they may be able to afford coverage is with ACA subsidies," said Levitt. "But, if they buy insurance with ACA subsidies, it won't count as insurance under the proclamation.
"The individual mandate in Obamacare — one of the worst things anybody's ever had to live through," TrumpThe president's proclamation also builds on a, issued by the administration in August, that allows federal officials to deny green cards to legal immigrants who have received certain public benefits, like Medicaid, or who are deemed likely to do so in the future. That "public charge" rule would take effect Oct. 15 but has faced legal challenges.
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