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Georgia not one of them: 15 states sue to block Biden’s push to help illegal aliens with DACA to access subsidized ObamaCare

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GA AG Chris Carr
Georgia’s Attorney General Chris Carr not a signer. The complaint alleges that the final rule violates two provisions of federal law. The rule, which the Biden administration finalized this spring, redefines the term “lawfully present” to make participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program eligible for Exchange subsidies.
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15 states sue to block Biden’s effort to help migrants in US illegally get health coverage

Associated Press/WSB-TV
By JOHN HANNA

TOPEKA, Kan. — (AP) — Fifteen states filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Biden administration over a rule that is expected to allow 100,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children to enroll next year in the federal Affordable Care Act’s health insurance.

The states are seeking to block the rule from taking effect Nov. 1 and providing people known as “Dreamers” access to tax breaks when they sign up for coverage. The Affordable Care Act’s marketplace enrollment opens the same day, just four days ahead of the presidential election.

The states filed suit in North Dakota, one of the states involved. All have Republican attorneys general who are part of a GOP effort to thwart Biden administration rules advancing Democratic policy goals.

The lawsuit argues that the rule violates a 1996 welfare reform law and the ACA. They also said it would encourage more immigrants to come to the U.S. illegally, burdening the states and their public school systems. Many economists have concluded that immigrants (we note this story from the P is about illegal aliens – dak) provide a net economic benefit, and immigration appears to have fueled job growth after the COVID-19 pandemic that prevented a recession….
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—>    Another more detailed report from The Federalist here.