WATCH: California Dems rally around healthcare for illegal immigrants during fiery debate
Every Democrat asked during this week’s California gubernatorial debate said they supported providing healthcare coverage for illegal immigrants, a position they took moments after candidates spent several minutes warning that...
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Every Democrat asked during this week’s California gubernatorial debate said they supported providing healthcare coverage for illegal immigrants, a position they took moments after candidates spent several minutes warning that California’s healthcare system is already too expensive and straining families, businesses and the state budget. "We had a broken immigration system, and now you want to victimize the people who are working here and making the state run," Democratic candidate and billionaire businessman Tom Steyer said when asked if he supported giving coverage to illegal immigrants after the current California governor, Gavin Newsom, cut it to help reduce the state's ballooning deficit. Former California congresswoman and fellow Democratic candidate for California governor, Katie Porter, was asked point-blank about the cost concerns related to providing illegal immigrants with free healthcare coverage. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT HEALTHCARE COSTS IN BLUE STATE TRIGGERS INTENSE BUDGET DEBATE "We can't afford to have people who are sick, who are making the rest of us sick," Porter responded to the cost question before her Republican opponent, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, interjected "they shouldn't be here," leading Porter to pause and give him a look of bewilderment. "When anyone doesn't have care, the rest of us are at risk when people don't get vaccinations," Porter continued. "When they don't go to the doctor, they wind up in the emergency room. They cause longer lines for the rest of us. They make our health care system -- they push it to the brink." "Immigrants, whether documented or not, work hard. They pay taxes and sometimes they get injured on the job or their children get sick," former Biden administration Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said when asked if he supported the measure. NEWSOM SIGNS $2.8B BAILOUT FOR HEALTHCARE PROGRAM OVERRUN BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS "It would be foolish to tell a family that they don't have access to the…