Prenatal Care for Illegal Immigrants Apparently Over
Less than 48 hours after a top state lawmaker told Nebraska Watchdog he was confident Governor Dave Heineman (NE-R) would back a controversial move to provide pre-natal care to the unborn children of illegal immigrants, the Governor has issued a statement clearly indicating he won’t.
On Monday, Omaha State Senator Brad Ashford, the Chairman of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee said, “I’m not convinced the Governor won’t support pre-natal care.”
But according to published reports, following a Wednesday evening meeting with the Governor, Ashford had all but given up.
Ashford and other lawmakers armed with $3 million dollars in private money, the state match for federal funds, had planned to attach the contentious measure to a pro-life bill heading to the floor of the Legislature on Thursday.
But following Wednesday’s meeting Ashford is ready to drop the issue altogether. The Governor issued a statement repeating his support for prenatal care for legal residents but Heineman went on to say, ”I do not support providing state-funded benefits for illegal individuals.”
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Reported by Joe Jordan,
joe@nebraskawatchdog.org.
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