ST. PAUL, Minn. — On Monday, the House and Senate passed a bill to remove adult undocumented immigrants from MinnesotaCare, repealing insurance coverage passed into law in 2023.
The Senate POCI Caucus issued the following statement:
“Removing undocumented Minnesotans from MinnesotaCare is wrong in every way imaginable: financially, functionally, practically and morally. Throughout this session, legislators have been reminded that providing this insurance is supported by every single part of the healthcare system, from nurses to actuaries, surgeons to CEOs. Republicans don’t care. They are hellbent on bringing the cruelty agenda of Donald Trump, Tom Homan and Stephen Miller to St. Paul.
This is evil disguised as economics. Their belief that this vote benefits them politically is an insult to Minnesotans, who are smarter and much more compassionate than Republicans think. Let’s call this what it is: cruel, racist, and deadly. Republicans would rather let people suffer and die than allow undocumented Minnesotans to access the basic care every human being deserves. They’ve chosen fear and hate over health and humanity.
Republicans cared so much about this issue they sacrificed all other negotiating principles to secure this vote, which will stand as their only accomplishment of this session: kicking 16,000 people off insurance, knowing that those people will lose access to medication or treatment that is keeping them alive. Some of them will die, and the Republicans who forced this issue over all others will have to live with that choice, and should answer for it.
The Senate POCI Caucus will not give up the fight for equitable treatment and human rights for all Minnesotans – not after this vote, and not ever.”
The members of the Senate POCI Caucus are Senator Zaynab Mohamed (Chair), Senator Erin Maye Quade (Vice Chair), Senate President Bobby Joe Champion, Senator Omar Fateh, Senator Foung Hawj, Senator Alice Mann, Senator Mary Kunesh, Senator Susan Pha, Senator Clare Oumou Verbeten, and Senator Tou Xiong.
Senator Zaynab Mohamed represents Senate District 63 which includes Minneapolis - Neighborhoods: Longfellow, Nokomis, parts of Powderhorn and Southwest. She is vice chair of the Jobs and Economic Development Committee, and serves on the Capital Investment Committee, Finance Committee, and the Housing and Homelessness Prevention Committee.
Learn more about Sen. MohamedSenator Erin Maye Quade represents Senate District 56 which includes Apple Valley, Eagan and Rosemount. She is vice chair of the Education Policy Committee, and serves on the Education Finance Committee, Human Services Committee, and the State and Local Government and Veterans Committee.
Learn more about Sen. Maye Quade.Senator Clare Oumou Verbeten represents Senate District 66 which includes Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Roseville, and St. Paul. She is vice chair of the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee, and serves on the Education Finance Committee, Higher Education Committee, and the Labor Committee.
Learn more about Sen. Oumou Verbeten.Omar Fateh represents Senate District 62, which covers the community of South Minneapolis.
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Read more news from Sen. Fateh. Senator Foung Hawj is an Assistant Majority Leader for the Senate DFL Caucus. He is chair of the Environment, and Climate and Legacy Committee and serves on the Jobs and Economic Development Committee and Transportation Committee. He also Co-Chairs the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) and serves on the Lessard Sams Outdoor Heritage Council.
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Read more news from Sen. Hawj. Senator Alice Man represents Senate District 50 which includes Bloomington and Edina. She is vice chair of the Health and Human Services Committee, and serves on the Education Policy Committee and the Human Services Committee.
Learn more about Sen. Mann.Mary K. Kunesh represents Senate District 39, which covers the communities of St. Anthony Village, New Brighton, Hilltop, Columbia Heights, Fridley, and a portion of Spring Lake Park.
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Read more news from Sen. Kunesh. Senator Susan Pha represents Senate District 38 which includes Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, and Osseo. She is vice chair of the Capital Investment Committee and also serves on the Housing and Homelessness Prevention Committee.
Learn more about Sen. Pha.Senator Tou Xiong represents Senate District 44 which includes Little Canada, Maplewood, North Saint Paul, Oakdale, Pine Springs City, and Landfall. He is vice chair of the Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate Committee and serves on the Capital Investment Committee and the Housing and Homelessness Prevention Committee.
Bobby Joe Champion represents District 59, which includes portions of downtown and north Minneapolis in Hennepin County. He is also an attorney.
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