Utah is giving taxpayer-funded health insurance to illegal immigrant children, according to a law that went into effect Jan. 1.
Roughly 6,500 illegal immigrant children in Utah will qualify for care under the program, Thaiss Del Rio, a health policy analyst at Voices for Utah Children, told Axios of the new law. Utah’s move follows a decision by the state of California to provide health care for illegal immigrants up to the age of 49.
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Monday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed State Representative (R-TN-75) to the newsmaker line to discuss his new bill that would stop Tennessee taxpayers from funding illegal immigrant children’s education and his thoughts on residency bill for state primary candidates.
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The White House will no longer expel unaccompanied immigrant children under a controversial pandemic-related health rule, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday, though adults and families can still be removed from the country under the provision.
The Biden administration said it would cease expelling children under the CDC policy known as Title 42, which allows the government to eject migrants from the country if they are believed to pose a public health risk connected to the pandemic.
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Thursday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed U.S. Congressman from Tennessee (R) Mark Green to the newsmakers line to discuss his new bill addressing illegal immigrant children’s status in the state and that of refugees in Central America.
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Monday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed State Rep. Jerry Sexton to the studio to discuss the failure of the Biden administration to enforce legal immigration laws and the Tennessee General Assembly’s role in K12 public school curriculum.
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Upwards of 61,000 unaccompanied illegal immigrant children have flooded the U.S. southern border since October, according to the Washington Examiner.
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