A federal judge has blocked a Biden-Harris administration rule that required health insurance coverage for those brought across the border illegally as children.
Texas and 18 other Republican-led states sued the federal government over the rule, which allowed Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients to enroll in a federally run health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act.
DACA is an Obama-era program that delays the deportation of those who arrived in the U.S. illegally as minors.
The 19 states argued that the Biden rule encourages illegal aliens to remain in the U.S. and forces legal citizens to contribute funds for their health care.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor agreed with the states and halted the rule, citing federal law that prohibits giving public benefits to those who are not legal citizens.
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, whose office spearheaded the lawsuit, called the decision “a big win for the rule of law.”
“Congress never intended that illegal aliens should receive Obama care benefits,” Kobach posted on X. “Indeed, two laws prohibit them from receiving such benefits.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton applauded the decision on social media.
“We have secured a preliminary injunction and nationwide stay STOPPING the Biden Administration’s illegal attempt to grant nearly 147,000 DACA recipients publicly funded health insurance coverage,” Paxton wrote.
“The court cited Texas’s numerous wins against the DACA program as a basis for granting the injunction and stay,” he continued. “Today, we prevented yet another attempt by the Biden Administration to spend our hard-earned tax dollars on radically unpopular policies that put illegal aliens ahead of America[n] citizens.”
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