[SkyDancer]

Which is why all those “asylum” seekers want to come here. Free everything. Guess they heard Bernie’s speeches.

[Vigilanteman]

“The Trump administration has proposed new ‘public charge’ rules making it harder for prospective immigrants to qualify for lawful permanent residence -- green cards -- if they use or are likely to use U.S. welfare programs,” said CIS.

Back when this country was sane in the Ellis Island era, this wasn't even a debatable point. Sponsors, be they a church, synagogue or whatever, were actually on the hook if an immigrant they sponsored became a public charge.

Now, the "sponsor" simply drives them from the airport to their new public housing and signs them up for public benefits which pay roughly 3 times as much as the average social security receipient who paid in to the program for 30 years plus!

The three major reasons for rejection at Ellis Island were:

• Likely to become a public charge.
  
• Carrier of a communicable disease.
  
• Criminal background.

  In roughly that order of frequency. What Trump is proposing is what was then recognized as common sense. It wasn't controversial at all.