States Seek to Defend Biden’s Obamacare Expansion for Dreamers

Jan. 15, 2025, 9:08 PM UTC

A coalition of Democratic-led states is seeking to defend a Biden administration rule allowing undocumented immigrants to receive health insurance under the Affordable Care Act if President-elect Donald Trump chooses not to defend against current court challenges from Republican-led states.

Arizona, California, and 12 other states filed a motion Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of North Dakota to intervene on behalf of the Biden administration in its defense of a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services final rule granting Obamacare coverage to immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

DACA allows undocumented immigrants brought ...

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