Obamacare May Pose the Biggest Hurdle to Immigration Reform
Big, new costs associated with legalizing 11 million people
President Obama's biggest first-term success may present an obstacle on the path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants, one of his highest second-term ambitions.
ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion and new subsidies to buy health insurance are among a number of factors that may raise a hurdle to immigration reform in 2013: the budgetary cost.
Now, amid signs that the political climate is more favorable for immigration reform, the economic and fiscal backdrop presents new challenges.
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I guess government can make separate law for medicare & Medicaid facilities to those who are immigrants if they want to get medicaid or Medicare Benefits.