Palmetto State News

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has successfully obtained a stay from a North Dakota Federal Court, halting the Biden-Harris Administration's plan to extend taxpayer-subsidized federal health insurance to illegal aliens and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.

The DACA program was initiated in 2012 by the Obama Administration to protect certain individuals brought to the United States as children from deportation and grant them renewable work authorization. In 2023, the Biden Administration proposed expanding this program, aiming to classify over 200,000 DACA recipients and other noncitizens as "lawfully present," thus making them eligible for federal health benefits under Obamacare.

Attorney General Wilson stated, “South Carolina is standing strong against the Biden-Harris Administration’s unlawful attempt to reward illegal aliens with federal benefits. This ruling sends a clear message: our laws matter, and we won’t let Washington undermine the rule of law to push their open-border agenda.” He further emphasized that taxpayers should not bear financial responsibility for individuals who entered the country illegally.

Joining South Carolina in this legal action were 19 other states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.