Lowering the bar for residency in the United States, President Joe Biden revoked a rule that required legal immigrants to have health insurance or to demonstrate the ability to pay their medical costs. The White House declared that the Trump-era guidel…
Public Charge
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says it has “closed the book” on the Trump administration’s public charge rule for immigrants. This is hardly an open-and-shut case. Breaking with the spirit, if not the letter, of longstanding U.S. immigration…
A new study is reporting sharp declines in public benefit usage by noncitizen households — even before new public charge rules were finalized last year. The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) found “dramatic” enrollment drops in Temporary Assistanc…
Fresh off a court victory affirming public charge regulations on immigrants, the Trump administration wants to ensure that sponsors of foreign nationals have the means to cover their associated costs. “This proposed rule would require sponsors and hous…
President Donald Trump announced that he intended to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court following the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18. President Trump declared that he would only consider female nominees, and legal…
U.S. District Judge George Daniels clearly has a thing about the Trump administration’s public charge rule for immigrants. For the second time in less than a year, Daniels knocked down administration efforts to strengthen the rules. Though his judicial…
On May 11, the National Public Radio (NPR) published a piece entitled “Will Filing For Unemployment Hurt My Green Card? Legal Immigrants Are Afraid.” The key takeaway here is that, as the title itself suggests, is the claim that because of the Trump ad…
In a recent 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could implement a new “public charge” rule that could make it harder for immigrants relying on public assistance to achieve legal status. Not surprisingly, open borders act…