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New York Times
11 hours ago
- Politics
- New York Times
New York Gears Up for Fight to Count 1.8 Million Noncitizens in Census
A coalition of elected officials, community activists, and labor and civic leaders in New York City is already stirring ahead of the next census in 2030 amid a brewing battle over whether to include noncitizens in the population count. These allies came together for the last census, in 2020, running phone banks and flooding social media, to reach more New Yorkers at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Now they are beginning to mobilize again — this time over what they see as threats from the Trump administration and the Republican-led Congress to exclude noncitizens, which could lead to a significant undercount of the city's population. 'I have to say it feels like I'm at a census reunion,' said Councilwoman Julie Menin, a Democrat from Manhattan's East Side, as she welcomed about 150 people at an April gathering at New York Law School in Lower Manhattan. Though the population of New York State reached 20.2 million in 2020 — buoyed by the growth of its largest city to a record 8.8 million — it has steadily lost ground for decades to faster-growing states, like Florida and Texas, in the southern and western parts of the United States. One result of that is the state's shrinking congressional delegation, which has dropped to 26 representatives from 45 in the 1940s. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Fox News
21 hours ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Red state AG investigating more than 30 potential noncitizens who voted in 2024 election
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into 33 potential noncitizens allegedly illegally voting in the 2024 general election. Paxton, a Republican who is running a Senate primary challenge against Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, announced the investigation on Tuesday. In a press statement, Paxton's office said it was made aware of the potential illegal votes by Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson. The statement said Nelson was only able to access the information because of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump this March. Trump's executive order, titled "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections," directed the Departments of State and Homeland Security to give all states "access to appropriate systems for verifying the citizenship or immigration status of individuals registering to vote or who are already registered." The order also directed DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to provide U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi with "complete information on all foreign nationals who have indicated on any immigration form that they have registered or voted in a Federal, State, or local election, and shall also take all appropriate action to submit to relevant State or local election officials such information." Part of this order involved the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service's SAVE database being opened up to the states at no cost, through which Nelson was able to access the information about the alleged illegal voting, according to Paxton's statement. Trump said in the order that "free, fair, and honest elections unmarred by fraud, errors, or suspicion are fundamental to maintaining our constitutional Republic" and "the right of American citizens to have their votes properly counted and tabulated, without illegal dilution, is vital to determining the rightful winner of an election." In August 2024, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that the state had removed 1.1 million people from its voter rolls, including individuals who had moved out-of-state, were deceased or who were non-citizens. A statement by the governor's office said that over 6,500 of the individuals removed from the state's voter rolls were potential noncitizens. The statement said that approximately 1,930 of the removed noncitizens had a voter history. Later reporting by the Texas Tribune alleged that the governor's office had inflated the numbers of noncitizen voters. The governor's office, however, has said that the removal process "has been, and will continue to be, ongoing." In his Tuesday statement announcing the investigation into the 33 potential noncitizens voting, Paxton said that "these potential instances of unlawful voting will be thoroughly investigated, and I will continue to stand with President Trump in fighting to ensure that our state's elections are safe and secure." "In order to be able to trust the integrity of our elections, the results must be determined by our own citizens—not foreign nationals breaking the law to illegally vote," said Paxton, adding that "noncitizens must not be allowed to influence American elections, and I will use the full weight of my office to investigate all voter fraud."
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Illinois noncitizen health care programs helped give hospitals a financial boost
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois's controversial program to offer insurance to noncitizen migrants contributed millions to hospitals' bottom lines, according to a new study. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Illinois currently insures roughly 40,000 people who don't have legal status or qualify for federal Medicaid or Medicare. Illinois enacted laws in March 2022 that provide , first for senior migrants, then for migrants aged 55-64, and ultimately for all migrants aged 52+. Without federal match dollars for treating immigrants as part of the state's program, Illinois taxpayers were . The program is similar to Medicaid but is funded by the state, since noncitizens aren't eligible for federal coverage. A study by the University of Chicago found that the state programs, funded by taxpayer money, helped hospitals reduce 'bad debt' by nearly $1.5 million per hospital. The state paid hospitals for the medical care they provided, without having to bill uninsured patients who couldn't afford care or wouldn't pay. Following Gov. JB Pritzker's annual budget address, an found the costs of the program and enrollments were , costing taxpayers more than $1.6 billion since it began in 2020. The state had estimated the cost of the program for younger people at $126 million, but the actual cost to taxpayers came in at $485 million over three years, the audit found. Pritzker did not include the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults program in his proposed 2025 budget. More than 30,000 noncitizens between the ages of 42-64 are set to lose coverage starting July 1st. The Health Benefits for Immigrant Seniors program, on the other hand, was budgeted at $2 million for the first year, but that estimate ballooned to $4 million while the program was being set up in 2020, and actually cost taxpayers more than $67 million by December 2020. In three years, the program cost the state $412 million — 84% . Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Judge warns Trump administration against swiftly deporting migrants to Libya
A federal judge issued a stark warning to the Trump administration on Wednesday that the deportation of immigrants to Libya would violate a previous court order. 'If there is any doubt—the Court sees none—the allegedly imminent removals, as reported by news agencies and as Plaintiffs seek to corroborate with class-member accounts and public information, would clearly violate this Court's Order,' U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, a Biden appointee, wrote in his order. He previously issued an injunction on April 18, ordering officials to give non-citizens and their counsel a chance to oppose their deportation to foreign countries where they may face persecution. Murphy also directed the Trump administration to provide the parties with written notice of proposed removals in a language they can understand prior to any departures and noted an April 30 order preventing the Department of Homeland Security from removing non-citizens through other agencies including but not limited to the Department of Defense. 'Plaintiffs are simply asking to be told they are going to be deported to a new country before they are taken to such a country, and be given an opportunity to explain why such a deportation will likely result in their persecution, torture, and/or death,' Murphy wrote in his April order. 'This small modicum of process is mandated by the Constitution of the United States…,' he added. Non-citizens from Laos, Vietnam and the Philippines were being prepared for removal to Libya, a country notorious for its human rights violations, on Wednesday, according to legal filings based on reports from Reuters and other outlets. Dueling governments in the North African region said they would refuse deportation flights, according to the Washington Post. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill.
