House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is leading a probe into Jeffrey Epstein's case. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
"Specifically, the Committee is investigating waste, fraud and abuse in several Medicaid programs due to the Biden Administration’s failure to enforce U.S. immigration laws and the resulting expansion of benefits for illegal aliens," Comer writes.
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The letters were sent to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, along with the health departments in each of the eight states. Comer is wanting "documents and communications" dating back to January 2019 until now. The deadline to cooperate is Sept. 17.
Minnesota, California, and Illinois each faced budget concerns this year due to the ongoing cost of public healthcare availability to illegal immigrants in the states Medicaid programs, which led to some recent reforms, according to The Wall Street Journal in June.
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A family of five claiming to be from Guatemala and a man stating he was from Peru, in a pink shirt, walk through the desert after crossing the border wall in the Tucson Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border Aug. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt York)
"Further, the Committee understands that Minnesota has co-mingled funds for the EMA and MinnesotaCare programs potentially enabling federal funds to cover illegal immigrants under the MinnesotaCare program," he continued.
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Outside of taxpayer-funded health insurance coverage, the border crisis resulted in a major medical care burden in border communities like Yuma, Arizona, as many areas along the southern border only have a handful of hospitals in a particular region.
Fox News Digital reached out to each governor’s office.
Cameron Arcand is a politics writer at Fox News Digital in Washington D.C. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand
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