❓WHAT HAPPENED: The White House revealed cases of 49 criminal illegal immigrants receiving Medicaid benefits while the government remains shut down.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson, and illegal immigrants from countries including Mexico, El Salvador, and China.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The ongoing government shutdown has lasted over two weeks as of Tuesday night, with the Senate failing to pass a continuing resolution.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Democrats shut down the government and are inflicting pain on hardworking Americans because they want to provide free healthcare to illegal aliens,” said White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson.
🎯IMPACT: Medicaid spending on illegal immigrants surged under the Biden government, with taxpayer dollars funding emergency care for those not legally in the U.S. instead of focusing on American citizens.
The White House has announced the arrests of 49 previously deported illegal aliens who received Medicaid benefits while residing in the United States. The migrants face charges including murder, assault, theft, burglary, rape, and sexual abuse of a minor. Many of them came from Mexico, El Salvador, and China.
The arrests have intensified debate in Washington, D.C., as Senate Democrats, led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), continue to push for the reinstatement of Medicaid provisions removed by President Donald J. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. A government shutdown is now in its third week as the Senate Democrats continue to block funding bills, with nine failed attempts to pass a continuing resolution as of the time of publication.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson placed the blame squarely on the Senate Democrats. “Democrats shut down the government and are inflicting pain on hardworking Americans because they want to provide free healthcare to illegal aliens,” Jackson said. She added that lax oversight and permissive state-level policies have allowed criminal non-citizens to access taxpayer-funded healthcare.
Under the Joe Biden regime, emergency Medicaid spending on illegal migrants rose from $3 billion to $9 billion, surpassing the amount spent on key groups such as pregnant women, children, the elderly, and the disabled. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act removed these Medicaid provisions, but Democrats are now demanding that they be revived before they stop blocking government funding.
The revelations come amid growing scrutiny of healthcare programs for illegal immigrants across several blue states. Investigations are underway into states such as California, Oregon, and New York for allegedly misusing federal funds to cover healthcare for non-citizens. In some cases, states are accused of providing full healthcare services, such as dental care, prescriptions, and mental health treatment, to foreigners without legal status, in apparent violation of federal guidelines.
Multiple lawsuits have been filed by Democratic state attorneys general in response to the Trump administration’s efforts to tighten eligibility and share enrollment data with immigration enforcement. Supporters of these lawsuits argue that federal actions discourage vulnerable populations from seeking necessary care, while critics claim the states are using legal loopholes to siphon off federal funds for illegals.
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