Undocumented immigrants should have access to healthcare, former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenPelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Hillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns Fox News poll: Biden ahead of Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Ohio MORE said in a CNN interview released Friday.

“I think undocumented people need to have a means by which they can be covered when they’re sick,” he said in a CNN interview, adding, “This is just common decency.”

“In an emergency they should have health care. Everybody should,” he added. "How do you say 'You're undocumented, I'm gonna let you die, man?'"

Biden on healthcare for undocumented immigrants:

Joe Biden says undocumented migrants should have health care: "How do you say 'You're undocumented, I'm gonna let you die, man?'" https://t.co/IWLUBnWaHR pic.twitter.com/mVxWtEm2Gx — New Day (@NewDay) July 5, 2019

Biden's comments follow previous statements during the first Democratic debate last week in which Biden was among several contenders who called for undocumented immigrants to have health care.

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“You cannot let people who are sick, no matter where they come from, no matter what their status, go uncovered. You can’t do that. It’s just going to be taken care of. Period. You have to. It’s the humane thing to do,” he said.

But it's not entirely clear what healthcare benefits Biden would want to provide to immigrants in the country illegally.

The Democratic Party is moving toward providing healthcare to undocumented immigrants after years in which the party generally did not seek to cover them.

ObamaCare, as one example, did not offer healthcare to people in the country illegally.

Republicans believe the shift by Democrats on the issue is one that will help President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE and their party in the 2020 elections.