return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoMinnesota House committee advances bill to remove undocumented immigrants from state-funded health carewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down11
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minus-squareVeedem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoIt’s tough for me because there should be benefits to being a legal citizen, so I kind of understand the desire to exclude people who aren’t citizens. But I know the immigration system is fucked AND undocumented workers wind up paying taxes indirectly anyway through things like sales tax. Maybe it’s one of those things that democrats use as a bargaining chip to get something else passed along with this? It’s only a state level move, but still.
It’s tough for me because there should be benefits to being a legal citizen, so I kind of understand the desire to exclude people who aren’t citizens.
But I know the immigration system is fucked AND undocumented workers wind up paying taxes indirectly anyway through things like sales tax.
Maybe it’s one of those things that democrats use as a bargaining chip to get something else passed along with this?
It’s only a state level move, but still.