Governor Tony Evers deployed his veto pen on Friday.
The Democratic governor vetoed nine bills including Republican authored legislation that would have prevented taxpayers from footing the bill for health care of undocumented immigrants. Authors said the measure would have prevented those in the country unlawfully from receiving benefits through Wisconsin’s BadgerCare program.
Evers in his veto message pointed out that one bill author had acknowledged the fact that undocumented immigrants already cannot enroll in BadgerCare, and criticized Republicans for passing legislation to prevent problems they admit do not exist, to try to push polarizing political rhetoric.