โOBAMA SPENT $376 MILLION!!!โ
yeah
on underground wiring, utilities and security systems the government ordered after 9/11
not on a ballroom.
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โOBAMA SPENT $376 MILLION!!!โ
yeah
on underground wiring, utilities and security systems the government ordered after 9/11
not on a ballroom.
(Sources: 26 U.S.C. ยง 36B(f)(2)(B); H.R. 1, Subtitle B, ยง 71303โ71305; CRS โPremium Tax Credit and Advance Payment Reconciliation,โ 2023; KFF Health News & PolitiFact fact-checks.)
12.10.2025 20:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0And according to CBPโs own hospital reimbursement data, immigrants account for just 0.4 % of total Medicaid compensation to hospitals nationwide โ so this narrative that the systemโs being drained by immigrant health care costs doesnโt hold up.
12.10.2025 20:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Undocumented people are still not eligible for ACA plans or subsidies under any proposal. The โsubtitle Bโ repeal just stops those new penalties and paperwork traps from hitting everyone else.
12.10.2025 20:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thatโs why Democrats want those sections removed. Keeping them would punish middle-class Americans on the ACA, not just immigrants.
12.10.2025 20:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Section 71305 โ deletes 26 U.S.C. ยง 36B(f)(2)(B) โ the repayment-cap table that protects families at tax time. Right now, you only have to repay up to $350โ$3,000 if your income estimate was off. Under this, youโd have to repay the entire amount, which can be thousands of dollars.
12.10.2025 20:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Section 71304 โ takes away subsidies if you enroll mid-year because your income changed โ even if youโre a U.S. citizen who just lost a job.
12.10.2025 20:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Hereโs what it does:
Section 71303 โ makes people prove eligibility all over again before they can even start coverage. That means delays, lapses, and lost coverage while the exchange verifies income and residency. (Undocumented were never eligible for this so this is just divisive.)
โSubtitle B of Section VIIโ (the one everyoneโs arguing about) isnโt about immigrant eligibility, thatโs a moot point because they already are NOT eligible. It changes how everyone on the ACA qualifies for and keeps their subsidies.
12.10.2025 20:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Mike Johnson says this is the section in the proposal that allows โfree healthcare to illegal aliens.โ Letโs review:
12.10.2025 20:40 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Again, this case has moved beyond logistics.
Itโs now about whether the government can keep someone imprisoned while it looks for a country that never agreed to take him.
Abrego Garcia remains detained at Moshannon Valley in Pennsylvania under a judicial stay of removal.
The courts are now deciding whether his continued detentionโand the prosecution that followed itโcan stand under the law.
He set an evidentiary hearing on the motion to dismiss for November 3.
Defense attorney Jenna Dabbs told the court the team plans to seek removal of irrelevant and prejudicial allegations โ including repeated references to MS-13 that have nothing to do with the charges.
The facts:
Eswatini: rejected.
Ghana: rejected.
Uganda: rejected.
Costa Rica: willing per defense, no U.S. outreach.
Maryland: detention ruling pending.
Tennessee: motion to dismiss scheduled Nov. 3.๏ฟผ
In Tennessee:
Judge Waverly Crenshaw held a separate hearing in the criminal case filed the day Abrego Garcia was returned to the U.S.
He did not hear the suppression motion.
Judge Xinis said she will soon decide whether Abrego Garcia should stay detained or be released while this challenge proceeds.
Her tone suggested she sees through the claim of โimminent removal.โ
What that means in practical terms:
The U.S. has no approved travel documents, no destination, and no clear legal path.
Costa Rica remains untested because the government hasnโt asked.
Judge Xinis pressed DOJ attorney Drew Ensign on a different option: Costa Rica.
Abrego Garciaโs lawyers told the court Costa Rica is willing to receive him.
Ensign admitted the government hasnโt contacted Costa Rica at all.
Judge Xinis: โThis is just not that hard.โ๏ฟผ
The testimony showed how hollow DHSโs plan really is.
Schultz said they were โstill talkingโ with Eswatini, even though that country already declined.
He added that removal could happen โwithin 72 hoursโ if a country agreedโ
but there is no agreement.๏ฟผ
Each one said no.
Eswatini rejected the idea this week.
Ghana said TODAY it will not accept him, directly rebutting the news report.
Uganda had already refused.
Their brief claims the Constitution grants citizenship only through โallegiance and consent,โ not by birthplace.
11.10.2025 18:17 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐จ AFL, with Jim Jordan and 17 members of Congress, just asked the Supreme Court to โrestore the original meaningโ of the Fourteenth Amendment โ arguing that birthright citizenship should not apply to children born in the U.S. if their parents are undocumented or owe allegiance to another country.
11.10.2025 18:17 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Congressman Buddy Carter says he wants to call a special session of Congress to give Donald Trump a โCongressional Nobel Peace Prize.โ
Since Trump canโt win the real one, Buddyโs just inventing a fake one.
A whole award ceremony for a man who threatens war on his own people, not peace.
โThe greatest extent practicableโ is not โto no extent at all.โ Thatโs the line the court just drew.
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