When Gov. Greg Abbott ordered hospitals this summer to start asking patients for their citizenship status, the intent was clear: to take the cost of caring for undocumented immigrants to the Biden administration and demand Texas taxpayers be reimbursed.“Due to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ open border policies, Texas has had to foot the bill for medical costs for individuals illegally in the state,” Abbott said in a statement in August. “Texans should not have to shoulder the burden of financially supporting medical care for illegal immigrants.”Beginning Nov. 1, hospital patients will be asked their citizenship status.