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Issues: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Trump Distorts New Regulation Extending ‘Obamacare’ to DACA Recipients

Trump Distorts New Regulation Extending ‘Obamacare’ to DACA Recipients
May 21, 2024

A new Biden administration rule will make recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals eligible to obtain health insurance plans established by the Affordable Care Act. But former President Donald Trump has mischaracterized the regulation, claiming that it is “giving Obamacare and all free government health care to illegal aliens.”

Video: Trump’s DACA Boast

Video: Trump’s DACA Boast
February 12, 2018

The subject of this week’s fact-checking video is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Trump’s Misleading DACA Boast

Trump’s Misleading DACA Boast
February 2, 2018

President Donald Trump makes a misleading comparison when he says his legislative proposal to make the DACA program permanent will “generously” cover “almost three times more people than the previous administration covered.”