Gov. JB Pritzker is responding to accusations his administration is failing to protect immigrants lacking permanent legal status across Illinois.
Last week, there was a rally in Daley Plaza in Chicago, slamming the governor for putting a pause on a health care program for low-income residents lacking permanent legal status.With thousands of low-income residents lacking permanent legal status in Chicago, state Sen. Celina Villanueva, D-Chicago, said a relatively new state program to provide free health care for immigrants 42 years old and above was a game changer for her district.
"We need to make sure we are living within our fiscal limits in the state of Illinois. That is something that wasn't done for a lot of years," Pritzker said.Temporarily scaling the program back has outraged some of Pritzker's biggest supporters -- progressive Latino lawmakers. On Monday, Pritzker reminded state lawmakers the program is getting more money than he originally proposed.
Pritzker said 63,000 immigrants will continue to be covered, but those who are not will lose access to preventative care.
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