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Josh Blackman

DACA and ACA Come Full Circle

Flash back to September 2009. President Obama was advocating for his health care reform during a joint session of Congress. He sought to assure the American people that the Affordable Care Act would not provide coverage for illegal immigrants.

Obama: There are also those who claim that our reform efforts would insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false. The reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally.

Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina famously yelled out, "You lie."

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