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BREAKING: Jose Ibarra, the illegal alien accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus, is back in court TODAY for a hearing to determine whether DNA evidence can be used in his upcoming trial. Additionally, Ibarra’s defense team is seeking to suppress cell phone evidence from being introduced.
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(what to hell is wrong with that picture with Joe at the WH, it looks like a junk pile, is that how they decorated the WH???)
Biden heads to Philly, trailed by transcript controversy
It's an official event, but Biden's appearance in the crucial, swing-state city will be closely watched.
Adam Cancryn 11/01/2024, 10:19am ET
Brace yourself: President Joe Biden is going back out in public.
Three days after triggering an uproar by appearing to refer to Donald Trump’s supporters as “garbage,” Biden is traveling to Philadelphia on Friday for what will likely be his last major speech before the election. The official event will focus on Biden’s “historic support for unions,” leaning on the president’s deep ties to Pennsylvania to help bolster working-class turnout for Vice President Kamala Harris in a state she likely needs to win to have a shot at the presidency.
But it will also mark Biden’s first extended public remarks since the ill-fated Voto Latino call where he made his “garbage” remark, sparking days of debate over whether he was talking about all of Trump’s supporters or just one supporter — comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who had previously insulted Puerto Rico as an “island of garbage.”
Biden has since insisted that he was talking specifically about Hinchcliffe. But the episode is only drawing increasing scrutiny, after The Associated Press reported Thursday night that White House press officials altered an official transcript of the call to support Biden’s account.
The original transcript prepared by White House stenographers reportedly cited Biden as saying “the only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.”
But the White House press office altered the quote to read “supporter’s” after conferring with Biden, the AP reported, prompting objections from the stenographers, who are career officials, not political appointees.
It’s a debate sure to follow Biden into crucial Philadelphia, where eager Republicans and anxious Democrats alike will closely watch his speech for any hint of another gaffe.
And it’s further reinforcement within the Harris campaign for its decision not to have Harris appear with Biden in the final days before the election.
After Philadelphia, Biden is instead scheduled for an appearance in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. But that’s expected to be a smaller event — and one that Harris officials are hopeful won’t pull any more focus away from the vice president’s closing sprint through the battleground states.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/01/2024-elections-live-coverage-updates-analysis/biden-philadelphia-garbage-transcript-00186718
DACA recipients are able to sign up for Obamacare for the first time
Starting Friday, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients can get health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Nov. 1, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT By Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
When Camila Bortolleto was 9 years old, her parents brought her from Brazil to the U.S. Bortolleto’s parents are undocumented, but in 2013 she was approved for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allowed her to get a job and, with it, job-based health insurance.
Bortolleto, now 36 and living in Connecticut, left her job at a nonprofit in June, which meant losing her health insurance and leaving her with no other options: DACA recipients have been barred from receiving government-funded health insurance. That changed Friday, when tens of thousands of DACA recipients became able to sign up for health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act for the first time.
The change — which coincided with the first day of the ACA’s open enrollment period — marks a pivotal moment for the more than 535,000 active DACA recipients in the U.S. That lack of access, experts say, has led to high rates of uninsured among DACA recipients, sometimes referred to as "Dreamers."
In May, the Biden administration finalized a rule that allows DACA recipients to apply for coverage through HealthCare.gov, as well as the state-based marketplaces, starting Nov. 1. It also lets them access subsidies that lower the cost of monthly premiums.
Bortolleto said she plans to sign up as early as Friday. Several weeks ago, she said she was bitten by a dog. Although she was in severe pain, she said, she initially avoided the emergency room because of the cost. “I wasn’t going to go,” Bortolleto said. “But later in the morning, it just hurt, not just the dog bite, but everything hurt.” The visit wound up costing her a couple of hundred dollars. “It does give me a sense of safety that I will be able to get health insurance while I still look for the next job,” Bortolleto said.
High uninsured rates
DACA was an executive action signed by then-President Barack Obama in June 2012 that protected undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children from deportation and gave them work authorization. For many, the ability to work also meant access to health insurance.
Without access to government-funded programs, insurance options are extremely limited for Dreamers who didn’t get coverage through their jobs, said Drishti Pillai, director of immigrant health policy at KFF, a nonprofit group that researches health policy issues.
Some turn to state programs for undocumented immigrants, she said. Others may go uninsured and rely on community health clinics that offer free or low-cost care. While people can buy coverage directly through an insurer, the cost is often exorbitant and usually not an option for undocumented immigrants, Pillai said.
The limited options, she said, mean many DACA recipients can’t get quality health insurance, resulting in high uninsured rates. A survey published last year by the immigrant rights nonprofit group National Immigration Law Center found that about 1 in 4 DACA recipients reported being uninsured. “Now, they will have access to the same health insurance plans that other people do in the ACA,” Pillai said.
The change is expected to help more than 100,000 people get health insurance, according to a White House fact sheet.
DACA recipients, however, still won’t be able to get coverage through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which offers free or low-cost insurance for kids and teens, Pillai said.
Legal challenges
In August, Kansas and 18 other states filed a lawsuit to block the ACA rule from taking effect. The suit was filed in a federal district court in North Dakota and was assigned to a judge appointed by former President Donald Trump.
The lawsuit says that expanding coverage to DACA recipients will create additional “resource burdens” and harm to taxpayers. It also says it will encourage undocumented immigrants to remain in the U.S. in hopes of receiving health insurance through the ACA.
FJB FOR ALL TIME
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/daca-recipients-are-able-sign-obamacare-first-time-rcna177684