1. United States
2. Va.
3. Letter

In a letter to me dated October 10, 2025 you wrote “Democrats would rather give free healthcare to illegal immigrants than vote to keep the government open.” This is false. Immigrants in the U.S. illegally are largely ineligible for the federally funded health care programs Medicare and Medicaid, and they cannot seek coverage in the Affordable Care Act marketplace or apply for subsidies. The Democrats' budget proposal would not change that. The Democrats want to restore access to certain health care programs to *legal* immigrants who will lose access under the Republican tax and spending law — among other measures aimed at making Medicaid and Affordable Care Act insurance plans easier to keep.  Their proposal would not grant federally supported health care benefits to people in the U.S. illegally, because those individuals did not have access to them in the first place.  Please stop lying to your constituents.