Healthcare officials who treat undocumented migrants will be forced to collect and send information on their citizenship status to the state.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order requiring hospitals to collect data on the healthcare costs of undocumented migrants treated in the state.The order will mean that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission must 'assess costs to the Texas public hospital system imposed by the federal government's open-border policies.
And whether you're legal or not, if you're having an emergency or a medical problem, you're a human being, and you need to be seen,' Hidalgo County Health Director Dr. Ivan Melendez told Border Report.The order signed by the Texas governor is the latest string of stand-offs between Abbott and the Biden-Harris administration over matters concerning immigration policy and border security.In 2021, Abbott announced Operation Lone Star to stop migrants from entering the U.S.
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