The White House revealed a number of illegal migrants who received Medicaid. (Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images/ OCTAVIO JONES/AFP via Getty Images)
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Republicans argue that "more than 1 million illegal aliens" receive Medicaid under the previously existing program that was revised under Trump’s landmark bill.
"Democrats shut down the government and are inflicting pain on hardworking Americans because they want to provide free healthcare to illegal aliens," White House Spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital. "Due to previously lax federal controls and Democrat state policies, criminal illegal murderers and rapists received Medicaid at the American taxpayers’ expense."
While federal law prohibits undocumented individuals from obtaining Medicaid, some states use federal funds to provide unique versions of state-funded healthcare that permit illegal immigrants to receive health benefits.
ICE arresting illegal migrants in New York City. (Drug Enforcement Administration New York and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations)
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A White House official explained that illegal migrants could obtain Medicaid through different means, but, specifically, emergency care spending on those not legally in the U.S. rose from $3B to $9B under President Joe Biden across various states. Tax dollars spent on illegal migrants exceeded that of pregnant women, children, elderly and the disabled during the Biden administration.
The "Big Beautiful Bill" removed these provisions, which Senate Democrats are fighting to include, among other Medicaid items, in the ever-failing continuing resolution that has kept the government shut down.
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On Tuesday night, the eighth vote to pass the continuing resolution failed in the Senate. Only Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., broke ranks from her party. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., did not vote.
Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news. Story tips can be sent to Preston.Mizell@fox.com and on X @MizellPreston
Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news.
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