Mass. sued over immigrant health care

A law in Massachusetts excludes over 26,000 LEGAL immigrants from their rightful healthcare benefits, and so the immigrants are fighting back by suing the state legislature. The state's Connector Authority violated the equal protection rights of these immigrants last year when their healthcare benefits were cut just because of their immigrant status. After fighting for a long time, the immigrants were able to gain back a stripped-down version of the benefits they once had. This is an unfair and unfortunate turn of events, especially since Governor Deval Patrick fought to get coverage.