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Héctor Ríos Morales

Democratic Attorney Generals Implore Court to Defend Healthcare Access for 'Dreamers' Ahead of Trump Takeover

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin, with Attorney General Merrick Garland (L), (Credit: Via Getty Images)

Anticipating that President-elect Donald Trump's administration will not defend a federal policy to protect subsidized healthcare coverage for "Dreamers"—young adults who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—, a group of Democratic attorneys general is working to protect the group.

The motion is being led by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin and 13 other Democratic prosecutors have showed their support in the healthcare effort. Platkin submitted the request in U.S. District Court in Bismarck, North Dakota.

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