MADISON (WKOW) -- Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) vetoed nine bills on Friday, including Assembly Bill 308, which prohibited funding for health services for people in the country illegally. Undocumented immigrants are already ineligible to enroll in such programs.

In his veto message, Evers said, "I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because I object to Republican lawmakers passing legislation they acknowledge is unnecessary to prevent problems they admit do not exist, all for the sake of trying to push polarizing political rhetoric.

The governor said the Republican co-authors in the Assembly and Senate have both said that Wisconsin does not allow undocumented immigrants to enroll in Medicaid and BadgerCare.

"Nevertheless, Republican lawmakers in the Wisconsin State Legislature passed this bil

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