illegal immigration

The temporary injunction from Judge Daniel Traynor in North Dakota blocks an effort by the Biden administration that would affect young adults brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

The states argue that the federal rule violates a 1996 welfare reform law and the ACA. The lawsuit also claims the rule would encourage more immigrants to come illegally, burdening states and their school systems.

Florida's new dashboard has information on undocumented people using Florida's Medicaid-receiving hospitals, but policy experts point to inconsistencies in the dashboard's reporting.

Migrants who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and travel to cities around the country are running into a disjointed health care systems when they need treatment.

Some worry the measure could lead many people to avoid care. The bill requires hospitals that accept Medicaid to ask patients about immigration status and inform them that personal information won't be reported to immigration authorities.

The move is likely to generate significant pushback from conservative leaders of states that have been have been reluctant to expand Medicaid and critical of the Biden administration's response to migrants who enter the U.S. illegally.

Hospitals must submit a record of how much they are spending to treat people in the country illegally to curb the numbers transported to Florida from the southern U.S. border by the federal government.

The Biden administration is moving to end sweeping pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42 on May 23. The controversial public health order was used to quickly expel migrants at the border.

One man says there's little social distancing or mask wearing, and sick and healthy people are mixed. ICE denies this but cases doubled since June.

Many are essential workers at high risk of exposure to the coronavirus — and the pandemic’s economic crash — with no direct access to billions of dollars in federal pandemic relief.