From Day One, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has repeatedly promised that no illegal immigrants would receive any federal benefits if his Schumer-Rubio immigration bill became law. “Temporary-status immigrants will be barred from receiving federal benefits, and this legislation extends that prohibition to include ObamaCare,” a FAQ on Rubio’s website reads.

But the Congressional Budget Office begs to differ. It notes that the actual legislative language in Schumer-Rubio is far less clear than Rubio lets on. And the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, that would have made it crystal clear that currently illegal immigrants were ineligible for all federal means-tested welfare programs. The CBO concludes: