VA gets flak for using staff to help ICE process illegal immigrant health care despite backlog of veterans
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is being criticized for an arrangement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to process health care treatment for illegal immigrants.
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