Pritzker designates additional $160M for migrant response as winter approaches
Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday announced the state will spend an additional $160 million to aid and house asylum seekers
Immigration
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State to pause enrollment in health care program for immigrant seniors as spending again outpaces estimates
Latest numbers show costs exceeding budget as implementation of cost-sharing measures lags.
Biden administration responds to calls from Pritzker, other leaders, for help in migrant crisis
The Department of Homeland Security will speed up the processing of work authorizations for asylum seekers and extend Temporary Protected...
Copay requirements paused for noncitizens on state health plan
The state has paused a new policy requiring certain noncitizens enrolled in a Medicaid-like health insurance plan to pay copayments...
Pritzker, state leaders call on Biden to allow Illinois to sponsor work permits for migrants
A coalition of elected officials and business leaders in Illinois is calling on President Joe Biden to ease work restrictions...
Lawmakers criticize Pritzker administration’s handling of noncitizen health care limits
Members of a state rulemaking oversight committee voiced concerns Tuesday that Gov. JB Pritzker's administration didn’t sufficiently seek public input...
Pritzker quickly wields expanded authority to freeze noncitizen health care enrollment
Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration wasted no time last week in exercising new authority granted by lawmakers to limit the number...
Expected cost for Illinois’ noncitizen health care program grows to $1.1 billion
The estimated cost for Illinois to continue providing health care coverage to noncitizens who are otherwise ineligible for Medicaid benefits...
Nearly $1B in expected spending on health care for noncitizens adds to state budget pressures
The state estimates an expansion of state-sponsored health care to individuals who are ineligible for Medicaid based on their citizenship...
Secretary of state backs proposal allowing noncitizens to receive standard driver’s licenses
The Illinois House advanced a bill allowing noncitizens with temporary visitor driver’s licenses to obtain standard licenses with identification capabilities.
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