Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Reaccessiblean, publishd an executive order mandating that accessible hospitals in the state collect data on hugings’ immigration statengages to tell to the state administerment.
Order GA 46, publishd on Thursday, honests the Texas Health and Human Services Coshiftrlookion to collect inestablishation on illterrible immigrants who engage accessible hospitals for inhuging and materializency attfinish and tell the healthattfinish costs, so the state can track how much money was spent on illterrible immigrants’ medical treatment and sfinish the bill to the Biden administration, which the administeror accengages 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 illegassociate in the state,” Abbott shelp in a statement. “Texas should not have to shoulder the burden of financiassociate helping medical attfinish for illterrible immigrants.”
“That is why I publishd an Executive Order requiring the Texas Health and Human Services Coshiftrlookion to collect and tell 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 asbrave 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 publishd an executive order requiring accessible hospitals in the state to collect data on hugings’ immigration statengages. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
The novel rule gets effect November 1.
The hospitals must tell the data quarterly, with the first subignoreions due on March 1. Beginning on January 1, 2026, annual tells must be supplyd to the administeror, lieutenant administeror, and the state’s Speaker of the Hoengage on the previous year’s costs for medical attfinish supplyd to illterrible immigrants.
The order also states that hospitals are needd to inestablish hugings that federal law mandates that their responses to inquires about immigration status will not affect medical attfinish.
The League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, is criticizing the executive order as “political rhetoric.”
“It’s pretty unclear. It’s appreciate ‘Hey, let’s equitable get the data.’ Well, what are you doing to do with the data?,” Gabriel Rosales, the state honestor for LULAC in Texas, telderly Fox 26.
The order states that hospitals are needd to inestablish hugings that federal law mandates that their responses to inquires about immigration status will not affect medical attfinish. (AP Ptoastyo/Eric Gay, File)
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LULAC stressd that the executive order could retain some immigrants from seeking the medical attfinish they need.
“It equitable originates a lot of trouble that’s unvital,” Rosales shelp. “They need to originate 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, nationassociate,” 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 administerment “subsidizes and supplements a lot of the medical costs, locassociate, stateexpansive.”
