When asked if their government health-care plan would cover illegal aliens, all 10 Democratic presidential candidates on the debate stage Thursday night in Miami raised a hand.
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont already was on record saying his "Medicare for All," which would eliminate private health insurance, would cover every illegal alien in the United States.
The self-declared democratic socialist senator's plan is estimated to cost $1 trillion over a decade.
Sanders was joined in the second Democratic debate by former Vice President Joe Biden; tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang; South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg; former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper; author Marianne Williamson; Rep. Eric Swalwell of California; and Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Kamala Harris of California and Michael Bennet of Colorado.
President Trump reacted Thursday night on Twitter.
"All Democrats just raised their hands for giving millions of illegal aliens unlimited healthcare. How about taking care of American Citizens first!? That's the end of that race!"
The president was alluding to the fact most Americans are against the government providing health insurance for people who, by law, are not allowed to live in the United States.
A Rasmussen national telephone and online survey published June 18 found that only 31 percent of likely U.S. voters favored making health care benefits available to low-income illegal immigrants under the age of 26 in their state.
Biden said that having taxpayers fund health insurance programs for people who enter the country illegally is "the humane thing to do."
However, a 1986 law requires most hospital emergency rooms to treat illegal aliens.
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act requires hospital emergency departments that accept payments from Medicare to provide an appropriate medical screening examination to anyone seeking treatment for a medical condition, regardless of citizenship, legal status or ability to pay.