Several Areas of State Budget, Including Undocumented Healthcare Issue, Still Unresolved

Immigrant advocates protest outside Walz’s office over undocumented health care

ST. PAUL — Roughly 30 people gathered outside Gov. Tim Walz’s office on Tuesday, May 27, protesting the potential end of state health care for undocumented adults. Tuesday afternoon’s protest, organized by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, was in response to a budget deal struck May 15 between Walz and legislative leaders that would repeal coverage for undocumented adults under MinnesotaCare — a health care program established in …

Immigrant rights activists protest plan to end low-cost health insurance for undocumented adults

Demonstrators gather for a protest organized by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee calling for the continuation of MinnesotaCare for undocumented adults outside of the Governor’s Reception Room at the Minnesota State Capitol Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)Minnesota immigrants voiced outrage Tuesday about a planned rollback of a law that allowed undocumented adults to access low-cost health insurance.…

Letter: The lack of a budget in Minnesota and MA funding

A total denial of MA assistance to adult illegal immigrants could have some serious public health and safety implications for citizens and legal immigrants. Suppose an "undocumented" member gets something like COVID or has a chronic illness, such as diabetes. In that case, it is not a great idea to deny them medical care or dump all of these people into the emergency rooms across the State and cross our collective fingers. I loathe the Trump adm…

Several areas of state budget, including undocumented healthcare issue, still unresolved

Minnesota legislators meet Gov. Walz to finalize budget bills and avoid a shutdown as healthcare access for undocumented immigrants remains unresolved.

The government claims that the change in the law would increase security, encourage undocumented immigrants to leave the country, and bring savings. Experts say none of these will happen.

The extensive right to healthcare could attract illegal immigrants to Finland, believes Mia Laiho (Saml). “That is why it is important that we follow a Nordic line,” she says.