Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday issued an executive order demanding that Texas' public hospitals begin reporting health care costs they incur treating undocumented immigrants.
Advocacy groups said the mandate, which could affect 200,000 people in San Antonio , doesn't make sense and is another effort to scapegoat migrants for political gain.
While Abbott's order states that the federal government “may or should be obligated” to reimburse the state for those hospital costs, the document provides no details about how that might happen. who reside in San Antonio. Many of those people are in the country legally while they await asylum claims to play out. Many also pay taxes to fund University Health.
“In the context of Abbott’s attempted criminalization of humanitarian aid with attacks on Annunciation House, I’m also worried that any information collected for the state could be used for nefarious purposes,” Elmore told the news site. Instead of taking steps to improve access to adequate healthcare for all Texans, Abbott is wasting time and resources by directing medical staff to focus on the status of the person in their care, proving once again that the governor is comfortable scapegoating migrants for failed public services across Texas.”
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