The New York Im­mi­gra­tion Coali­tion (NY­IC), says that the Unit­ed States House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives’ pas­sage of the Rec­on­cil­i­a­tion Bill “scape­goats” Caribbean and oth­er im­mi­grants, while gut­ting Med­ic­aid and so­cial safe­ty pro­grammes.

Med­ic­aid is a US fed­er­al and state pro­gramme that pro­vides health care cov­er­age to qual­i­fied in­di­vid­u­als, based on in­come and as­sets.

NY­IC, an um­brel­la pol­i­cy and ad­vo­ca­cy or­ga­ni­za­tion that rep­re­sents over 200 im­mi­grant and refugee rights groups through­out New York,, said that the House Re­pub­li­cans nar­row­ly passed Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s rec­on­cil­i­a­tion bill last Thurs­day in a large­ly par­ty line vote of 215-214, ad­vanc­ing his do­mes­tic agen­da “at the ex­pense of work­ing fam­i­lies”