Taxpayers will stop paying HHS benefits for illegal immigrants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced

 

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced a ban on undocumented immigrants accessing the agency's publicly funded benefits.

Since 1998, HHS has interpreted the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to allow undocumented immigrants access to certain federal public benefits, according to the agency.

HHS announced this week the official repeal of this interpretation, established during the Clinton administration.