Opinion: Biden’s immigrant amnesty scheme will cost taxpayers billions
President Joe Biden just announced his latest executive action to gain votes. He plans to allow certain undocumented immigrants who have been in the U.S. for at least 10 years and married to a U.S. citizen to receive temporary legal status, which will permit them to legally work. While there are economic benefits to allowing them to work legally, there are also costs. And one of those costs will be the expansion of Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) subsidies for health insurance.
The White House explains: “Those who are approved after DHS’s [Department of Homeland Security] case-by-case assessment of their application will be afforded a three-year period to apply for permanent residency. They will be allowed to remain with their families in the United States and be eligible for work authorization for up to three years.”
The White House says this action will affect some 500,000 undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens and some 50,000 noncitizen children of the undocumented spouses.
Once legal, they will be eligible for certain benefits, including ObamaCare.
In general, illegal immigrants are not eligible for ObamaCare and its taxpayer-provided subsidies. However, “lawfully present noncitizens” and green-card holders are eligible (as are certain other classes of noncitizens).
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