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House File 10 clears State Government committee for Ways and Means after heated hearing on immigration-related eligibility limits
Summary
Representative Isaac Schultz's House File 10, which would restrict eligibility for state-funded programs to U.S. citizens and aliens lawfully present, drew pro and con testimony and multiple failed referral motions before the committee voted 7–6 to send the bill, as amended with A2, to the House Ways and Means Committee.
Representative Isaac Schultz introduced House File 10 on March 4, proposing that programs funded in whole or in part with state tax revenue require recipients to be U.S. citizens or aliens lawfully present. Schultz's office offered an A2 amendment clarifying the bill's scope; the committee adopted A2 before taking testimony.
Schultz framed the bill as a fiscal measure intended to ensure tax dollars "follow and support Minnesota citizens and those here legally," saying the change could cut roughly $100 million in spending in the next biennium by altering eligibility for programs including MinnesotaCare, the North Star Promise and certain tax credits. He cited an estimate of "over 82,000" people without lawful status he said are currently receiving benefits.
The committee heard two hours of public testimony from…
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