Posted on 04/28/2022 11:22:29 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has seemingly confirmed plans to siphon healthcare services away from American veterans treated at Veterans Affairs (VA) to illegal aliens arriving at the United States-Mexico border.
During a hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas confirmed to Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) that the Biden administration is in talks with VA officials to potentially transfer doctors and nurses to the southern border to treat illegal aliens arriving every day in record-breaking numbers.
“Is the department planning to reallocate resources, doctors and nurses, from our VA system intended to care for our veterans to illegal immigrants at our southern border?” Hinson asked.
Mayorkas responded, stating that “the resources that the medical personnel from the Veterans Administration would allocate to this effort is under the judgment of the secretary of Veterans Affairs, who prioritizes the interests of veterans above all others for very noble and correct.”
The remarks come as Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) had sought clarification on reports that the Biden administration was looking to siphon doctors and nurses away from the VA toward illegal aliens at the border.
“In the words of one [Customs and Border Protection] official, ‘We’re going to take medical services away from people that really deserve that, who went to combat … to give free medical attention to illegal migrants,'” Hawley wrote in a letter to Mayorkas.
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yes, I agree
Biden and the Dem’s (incl. RINO’s) are nothing but Anti-American scumbags.
Throw our Veterans under the bus for illegals? Disgusting.
VOTE THEM ALL OUT NEXT CYCLE
I wonder where there’s a huge warehouse full of pitchforks, and how do you make a torch that stays lit.
Treason
Some blurbs from the VA:
1980 Veterans were 18% of the US adult population
2021 Veterans were 8% of the US adult population
Veteran benefits scored 72% approval in a poll of US voters selecting from among nearly all government programs. The 72% number was the highest score of the poll, and it was 72% among GOP voters and Dem voters. This was the highest score, equaled by Education, though the approval differed for that program GOP / Dem
Trump fixed the VA. Never heard anymore about it after 2016. Now we’re going backwards. Veterans sleeping in hallway waiting for care.
The RATs destroy everything they touch....EVERYTHING.
Just imagine how great this country would be IF they simply didn’t exist.
These are two DIFFERENT Departments. The VA responsibility for veteran medical care was NOT transferred to the DHS.
As the old saying goes...”When in a hole, quit digging”.
In the case of the dims, I urge them to keep on digging. Dig harder and faster.
I agree 100%
I understand your frustration. God bless and keep you. Thank you for your service
The New People’s Demoncrat Party strikes again for communism and Anti-Americans everywhere.
Democrats hate vets.
Always have.
Digging? Hell they hit rock bottom and are starting to blast😡
About 2 months ago during one of my many visits to Loma Linda Pettis memorial VA Hospital My wife overheard, I don’t hear well two nurses talking about how the hospital was operating at 38% staff.
The Biden Administration knows it. This is more than a slap in the face to our military, our veterans, and needs to be stopped.
Obama’s third term...
I’m carrying the same yellowed VA card since 1966.
Last I applied for help they said I’d have to have fought in Iraq or Afghanistan—or been raped. (!)
I hate it for you. That’s not the way you should be treated. I’ve been lucky in that, since the service, I’ve had jobs that had good medical benefits and I’ve been able to avoid the VA. The Biden Admin couldn’t give two spits for veterans.
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