News Muncher - searching for migrants

Biden administration says 100,000 new migrants are expected to enroll in ‘Obamacare’ next year

WASHINGTON — Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance next year under a directive the Biden administration released Friday. “Making Dreamers eligible to enroll in coverage will improve their health and well-being and strengthen the health and well-being of our nation and our economy.” The …

Migrants

Biden says he’s expanding some migrants’ health care access

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children will be able to apply for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges. DACA recipients can work legally and must pay taxes, but they don’t have full legal status and are denied many benefits, including access to federally …

Immigrants

US judge rules Obama-era programme for child migrants illegal, blocks new applications

A federal judge in the US State of Texas has ruled as illegal the Obama-era immigration programme that shielded over 600,000 undocumented immigrants, including thousands of Indians, from deportation, dealing a blow to the Biden administration's efforts to protect people termed as “Dreamers.” Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was established under the Obama administration in 2012 and granted protection from …

US judge: DACA programme for ‘Dreamer’ migrants is illegal

The ruling blocks new applicants, saying the programme was created illegally by former President Obama. A US federal judge in Texas has blocked new applications to a programme that protects immigrants who were brought to the United States as children from deportation but said the hundreds of thousands of people already enrolled would not be affected until further court rulings. …