Friday, May 21, 2021

Biden Revokes Trump Border Policy, Welcomes Migrants Without Means for Health Care; Biden Throws Out Trump Plan That Would Bar Immigrants Deemed a 'Burden' to US Health Care System

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Biden Revokes Trump Border Policy, Welcomes Migrants Without Means for Health Care:
President Joe Biden will reverse former President Donald Trump’s policy to require immigrants to have the means to pay for health care so they would not rely on government programs, he said during a meeting with so-called Dreamers on Friday.
Fox News reported on the policy reversal:
The 2019 order denied visas to those seeking entry into the U.S. who were deemed a “financial burden” on the health care system. Biden, in a proclamation announcing the rollback, said the policy did not “advance the interests” of the nation.

The Trump order did not apply to immigrants who already live in the U.S. or to lawful permanent residents, refugees, asylum-seekers or children.

Biden has rolled back a number of Trump-era immigration policies in his first few months in office, moves that some say have contributed to a surge in migrants at the southern border, including border wall construction, increased interior enforcement and the Migrant Protection Protocols, which kept migrants in Mexico while they awaited their hearings.
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Biden Throws Out Trump Plan That Would Bar Immigrants Deemed a 'Burden' to US Health Care System:
A Friday proclamation from President Joe Biden effectively revoked a Trump-era order that aimed to deny visas to immigrants deemed to be a burden financially on the United States health care system.
“The suspension of entry imposed in Proclamation 9945 of October 4, 2019 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Will Financially Burden the United States Healthcare System, in Order To Protect the Availability of Healthcare Benefits for Americans), does not advance the interests of the United States,” a White House proclamation announcing Biden’s executive action stated.
“My administration is committed to expanding access to quality, affordable healthcare,” Biden said in the proclamation.
“We can achieve that objective, however, without barring the entry of noncitizens who seek to immigrate lawfully to this country but who lack significant financial means or have not purchased health insurance coverage from a restrictive list of qualifying plans.” --->READ MORE HERE
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Biden Strikes Down Trump Rule Requiring Immigrants To Buy Health Insurance

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