Billions of Dollars Spent on Health Care for Illegal Aliens: Border Czar

Federal law bans the use of Medicaid funds for illegal immigrants.

Illegal immigrants eat a meal at the La Colaborativa day shelter in Chelsea, Mass., on Feb. 22, 2024. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

Billions of dollars are being spent to cover the health care expenses of illegal immigrants, border czar Tom Homan said in a Dec. 10 interview with Fox News.

Between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) alone, “we spent billions of dollars a year on emergency care for illegal aliens in our custody,” Homan said. “I think we spent close to a billion dollars on our medical services. So that’s not even counted in these calculations of multiple billions of dollars just in healthcare for illegal aliens. I can’t even tell you what the cost is.”