Blue-state Illinois declared itself a so-called “sanctuary state” in 2017 under what's known as the Trust Act. That bill, signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, defies federal immigration laws and bans cooperation with ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
With the Land of Lincoln openly protecting illegals from deportation, and providing them with health care benefits, state senator Dave Syverson says Democrats claimed only about 10,000 noncitizens would be covered by the generous program.
“By the beginning of this year," Syverson recalled, "the state said, ‘Well, we’re wrong. That number is about 52,000.’ Now, this week the state said, ‘We’re wrong again. That number is about 120,000 undocumented.’”
Syverson made his comments on the program The Illinois Way. He told journalist Amala Ekpunobi the program provided better health care coverage for non-citizens than the legal residents of Illinois who depend on the Medicaid program.
“In addition to the over-$1 billion cost of health care,” he shared, “we're also providing free daycare for their children, free housing, food subsidies, cash subsidies. So the total cost of this program is in the billions of dollars.”
