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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 1d

All children are supposed to have a right to an education in the U.S. This government-instigated chaos at our schools denies that basic right through disruption and fear.

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 1d

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Drishti Pillai, PhD, MPH @drishp.bsky.social · 3d

There have been a number of congressional and administrative actions undertaken by the Trump administration that are going to impact health coverage and care for immigrant families across America. New piece by @kff.org discusses all the changes in one place

www.kff.org/immigrant-he...

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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 2d

Whether its the economy, our health, or our neighborhood's safety, the Trump administration is willing to drive it all into the ground to achieve their goal of ridding the U.S. of immigrants.

My colleague Sarah has a new blog laying out their at-any-cost approach to immigration enforcement

The Price of Cruelty: How Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda Endangers Us All

The Trump administration’s immigration agenda directly harms our collective economy, health, and safety as a nation.

www.nilc.org

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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 6d

I don't know what they expect here, except to literally require hospitals to ask heart attack victims for their birth certificates before performing an emergency bypass?

Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 6d

This data is wrong, because it includes spending on emergency room services for green card holders and other immigrants who are blocked from Medicaid.

But Republicans could have eliminated this spending if they wanted to in HR1. But doing so would have obliterated hospitals' finances...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 7d

www.nilc.org/resources/he...

Know Your Rights: Health Care Providers & Immigration Enforcement

Information for health care providers on how to prepare for and respond to enforcement actions by immigration officials and interactions with law enforcement.

www.nilc.org

Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 7d

www.nilc.org/resources/he...

Know Your Rights: Health Care and Health Insurance for Immigrants

This resource provides information that all immigrant families should know when deciding to get health care or apply for health insurance programs.

www.nilc.org

Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 7d

This elected official was violently arrested for asking ICE if they had a warrant, which is typically required to arrest someone in a hospital

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 7d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 8d

Speaker Johnson fretting about impact of a shutdown on low-income Americans minutes after boasting about GOP cuts that will mean millions lose health insurance -- and millions more losing food assistance -- is an interesting contrast

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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 8d

THIS is how to respond to the White House's lies about repealing H.R. 1

I just spent 45mins walking a reporter through every piece of their fake claims and wish I could do that with all of them because what they're doing is unbelievable

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

DOKOUPIL: Republicans says what you're really fighting for is taxpayer dollars for illegal aliens. I know that's not strictly true--

ELIZABETH WARREN: Excuse me, not strictly true? It is a flat out lie!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9d

If someone says "why don't they just get in line," send them this.

American Immigration Council @immcouncil.org · 23d

"Why don't they just apply for citizenship?"

This is a question often directed toward undocumented immigrants living in the United States.

But the pathway to American citizenship for the vast majority is long, complex, and financially draining.

Why Is It So Hard to Become a US Citizen? - American Immigration Council

“Why don’t they just get in line?" It's a question often directed toward undocumented immigrants living in the U.S.

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 8d

As the devastation of the 2025 reconciliation law sets in, politicians are creating distractions and spreading lies about immigrants to distract from the truth.

We're here to set the record straight: www.nilc.org/resources/fa...

Fact Checking Immigrants, Health Care, and the 2025 Tax and Budget Law

In response to misinformation about the 2025 reconciliation law, particularly regarding undocumented immigrants’ health care eligibility, this resource addresses misleading claims and explains why the...

www.nilc.org

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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 8d

Love the podcast, but one correction Julie! Emergency Medicaid covers care for all types of immigrants who are ineligible for Medicaid, including green card holders in the five year waiting period, among others.

So data citing EM spending as going to undocumented folks is very misleading

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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 9d

Would repealing HR1 give health care to undocumented immigrants as the White House claims? NO. As explained in our new resource that thoroughly reviews their falsehoods

www.nilc.org/resources/fa...

Fact Checking Immigrants, Health Care, and the 2025 Tax and Budget Law

In response to misinformation about the 2025 reconciliation law, in particular about undocumented immigrants healthcare eligibility, this commentary addresses misleading statements and clarifies why t...

www.nilc.org

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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 10d

I am sickened by this video and the concept that giving basic medical care to noncitizens is such an outrageous concept that it's become the GOP's main argument in the shutdown fight

Trump posts vulgar deepfake slam of Democratic leaders after White House meeting

“This might top the last shutdown,” one Republican said in response.

www.politico.com

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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 11d

A formative experience for me as a human being was Johnny Damon shaving and cutting his hair

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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 11d

We explain, very simply, in 7 languages, how the budget bill takes food and health care away from immigrants in this fact sheet www.nilc.org/resources/ne...

New Law Limits Health Care & Food Aid for Immigrants

The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ introduces new restrictions on several federal programs. Read our latest explainer to find out which ones are affected.

www.nilc.org

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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 11d

Republicans know that taking health care aware from authorized immigrants would be unpopular so they continue to lie about their reconciliation bill
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

Explaining the G.O.P.’s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

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Io Dodds 🌘🏳️‍⚧️♾️ @iododds.bsky.social · 20d

NEW: This is a story I worked really hard on.

I spoke to four American trans people about why they're claiming asylum in Canada or the Netherlands.

It's an eye-opening window into just how unsafe people now feel here — and what drove them to that point.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Trump’s war on trans people has left Americans seeking asylum — from America

Four trans Americans claiming refuge abroad tell Io Dodds why they no longer feel safe in their home country, from fears of martial law to being arrested in changing rooms

www.independent.co.uk

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🍁💚Jaded💚🍁 @mtpromises.bsky.social · 17d

There appears to be NO red line they won't cross.

Little Lobbyists @littlelobbyists.com · 18d

Medically complex and disable children shouldn’t be bargaining chips, period.

This outrageous act by #immigration officials is inexcusable and ultimately led to the separation of this 5-year-old autistic girl from Massachusetts 😡

ICE held 5-year-old autistic girl in Massachusetts to pressure father to surrender, family says

The girl's father, Edward Hip, has lived in the United States for the last 22 years, according to his wife.

www.nbcnews.com

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Bryant Furlow @bryantfurlow.bsky.social · 19d

Sweeping GOP budget cuts and new red tape will leave millions of children without health insurance and food assistance. Experts warn of "generational impact" on child development. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

US Medicaid and food aid cuts imperil vulnerable children

Sweeping federal spending cuts, new cost-sharing rules, and eligibility restrictions for public health insurance and food aid will disproportionately affect vulnerable children across the USA, with po...

www.thelancet.com

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Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 20d

I used to think that mass deportation was mostly about racism and white nationalism. But I realize now that some of it is just corruption and bags of cash.

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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 21d

This month, DACA recipients are having their health insurance stripped away from them stateline.org/2025/09/19/b...

Biden offered health insurance access to DACA immigrants. Trump took it away. • Stateline

A new Trump administration rule bars immigrants living in the United States under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, from buying health insurance from Affordable Care Act marketpla...

stateline.org

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 25d

Republicans' #HR1 is about to gut $7.5 billion from New York's health coverage program, jeopardizing health care for 1.7 million residents.

Meanwhile, the law hands out $30 billion to ICE & DHS per year to deport and jail our neighbors.

We don't have a money shortage; we have a values shortage.

New York State Department of Health @nysdoh.bsky.social · Sep 10

Federal cuts mean coverage losses and increases in uncompensated care for providers. A 30-day public comment period is open on the NYS plan to return to a Basic Health Program to preserve coverage. Learn more: health.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/2025-09-10_federal_funding_cuts.htm

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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · Sep 10

The reconciliation bill kicks lawfully present immigrants, like refugees, off the ACA. Now, due to losing significant money under this part of the big bad betrayal, millions of New Yorkers, citizen and noncitizen, are getting screwed out of zero premium health care

www.axios.com/2025/09/10/n...

Exclusive: New York scraps expanded state health coverage, citing GOP budget law

The July megabill slashed about $7.5 billion of the $14 billion that New York gets annually to cover people in its Essential Plan.

www.axios.com

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