Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Reuncoveran, rerentd an executive order mandating that uncover hospitals in the state assemble data on adchooseings’ immigration statengages to inestablish to the state rulement.
Order GA 46, rerentd on Thursday, straightforwards the Texas Health and Human Services Cotransferrlookion to assemble inestablishation on illterrible immigrants who engage uncover hospitals for inadchooseing and aelevatency attfinish and inestablish the healthattfinish costs, so the state can track how much money was spent on illterrible immigrants’ medical treatment and send the bill to the Biden administration, which the ruleor condemns for the influx of illterrible migrants go ining the U.S. thcdisesteemful the Southern Border.
“Due to Plivent Joe Biden and Vice Plivent Kamala Harris’ uncover border policies, Texas has had to foot the bill for medical costs for individuals illegpartner in the state,” Abbott shelp in a statement. “Texas should not have to shoulder the burden of financipartner helping medical attfinish for illterrible immigrants.”
“That is why I rerentd an Executive Order requiring the Texas Health and Human Services Cotransferrlookion to assemble and inestablish healthattfinish costs for illterrible immigrants in our state,” he persistd. “Texas will helderly the Biden-Harris Administration accountable for the consequences of their uncover border policies, and we will fight to determine that they pay back Texas for their costly and hazardous policies.”
GOP STATES SUE TO STOP BIDEN ADMIN EXTENDING OBAMACARE TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott rerentd an executive order requiring uncover hospitals in the state to assemble data on adchooseings’ immigration statengages. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
The novel rule gets effect November 1.
The hospitals must inestablish the data quarterly, with the first subignoreions due on March 1. Beginning on January 1, 2026, annual inestablishs must be provided to the ruleor, lieutenant ruleor, and the state’s Speaker of the Hoengage on the previous year’s costs for medical attfinish provided to illterrible immigrants.
The order also states that hospitals are insistd to inestablish adchooseings that federal law mandates that their responses to asks about immigration status will not sway medical attfinish.
The League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, is criticizing the executive order as “political rhetoric.”
“It’s pretty ambiguous. It’s enjoy ‘Hey, let’s equitable get the data.’ Well, what are you doing to do with the data?,” Gabriel Rosales, the state straightforwardor for LULAC in Texas, telderly Fox 26.
The order states that hospitals are insistd to inestablish adchooseings that federal law mandates that their responses to asks about immigration status will not sway medical attfinish. (AP Pboilingo/Eric Gay, File)
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LULAC stressd that the executive order could upgrasp some immigrants from seeking the medical attfinish they insist.
“It equitable creates a lot of stress that’s unessential,” Rosales shelp. “They insist to create a pathway to citizenship.”
This comes as politicians in Texas and elsewhere are calling on the Biden administration to do more to insertress the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
“Unrecorded immigrants give $26.2 billion to this country, nationpartner,” Sergio Lira, the plivent of Greater Houston LULAC, telderly Fox 26. “2.6 billion dollars to the state and local taxes.”
Lira also shelp the federal rulement “subsidizes and supplements a lot of the medical costs, locpartner, stateexpansive.”
