Lies told by Republicans provided the basis for the federal government shutdown ( “Trump administration to cancel funding for 12 Maryland projects amid shutdown,” Oct. 3). The number of undocumented immigrants eligible for enrollment in Affordable Care Act exchanges, Medicare and Medicaid is zero. If the ACA subsidies and Medicaid funding that Democrats are demanding were restored, the number of undocumented immigrants eligible for those programs would still be zero.

Vice President JD Vance said in a press conference that too many people “who don’t even speak English” are getting treatment in hospital emergency rooms, accusing them of being on federal insurance programs. If Vance was honest, he would admit that all patients, regardless of legal status, must be treated when presenting in

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