Makes pledge to Latino lawmakers.

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders showed his socialist roots Thursday, telling a group of Democratic lawmakers that he thinks illegals should be able to get coverage under Obamacare.

The Washington Post reports that the comments send aides scurrying to walk the comment back a bit.

The Vermont senator, who is running a competitive race against Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton, made the comments during a 45-minute meeting with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, according to attendees. The 26-member group is comprised entirely of House and Senate Democrats.

Aides later said that Sanders believes that in certain cases, undocumented immigrants should be able to purchase health insurance through the exchanges set up under Obamacare, using their own money. The senator has not advocated allowing the undocumented immigrants to receive federal subsidies, his aides said.

Sanders may be trying to win over Latino voters who so far are backing Hillary Clinton by a wide margin according to some polls. Aides said Sanders made his comments in response to a question from the group. As The Post reports, Latino lawmakers recently tried to change the law that bans illegals from getting Obamacare:

Federal law bars undocumented immigrants from enrolling in health-care exchanges. But on Wednesday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), a vocal immigration reform supporter, and other Democrats introduced a bill that would extend Affordable Care Act coverage to undocumented immigrants.

Gutierrez said Wednesday that expanding the law would create younger and healthier patient pools, likely leading to lower insurance costs for Americans already enrolled in insurance exchanges.

Sanders, whose campaign remains strong in early voting states such as New Hampshire and Iowa, is reaching out to minority groups long faithful to the Democratic Party that he has so far failed to rally in large numbers.

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