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Splitting With Other Circuits, Appeals Court Rules for Trump in ‘Public Charge’ Case
Law.com ^ | August 05, 2020 | Jacqueline Thomsen

Posted on 08/05/2020 4:08:40 PM PDT by BeauBo

A divided panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday in favor of the Trump administration’s new “public charge” rule, conflicting with other recent circuit rulings.

Both the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh and the Second Circuit have recently issued rulings against the Trump administration's public charge rule.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: illegals; immigrants; immigration; publiccharge; publicchargerule; trumpimmigration

1 posted on 08/05/2020 4:08:40 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

Reuter’s: The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday said a Trump administration rule barring permanent U.S. residency for immigrants deemed likely to need government benefits such as housing and food assistance is reasonable, and overturned an injunction issued by a Maryland federal judge.


2 posted on 08/05/2020 4:12:27 PM PDT by 11th_VA (May you live in interesting times - Ancient Chinese Proverb)
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To: BeauBo

“ The court in a 2-1 decision said the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) grants the executive branch broad discretion to decide who qualifies as a “public charge,” and the term does not apply only to immigrants who are primarily dependent on government benefits as the judge had found.”


3 posted on 08/05/2020 4:14:02 PM PDT by 11th_VA (May you live in interesting times - Ancient Chinese Proverb)
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To: 11th_VA

That’s RAYCISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


4 posted on 08/05/2020 4:15:24 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: 11th_VA

Well that sounds like winning until Sock Sucker Roberts gets his crack at it.


5 posted on 08/05/2020 4:15:24 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: DAC21

That’s always been the settled law. See form I-864.

https://www.uscis.gov/i-864


6 posted on 08/05/2020 4:22:20 PM PDT by Starcitizen (Communist China needs to be treated like the pariah country it is. Send it back to 1971)
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To: DAC21

Maybe something should be done about his illegally adopted kids. You can’t blackmail him, but you can punish him.


7 posted on 08/05/2020 4:53:02 PM PDT by Stepan12 (potusm)
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To: BeauBo

A split between federal circuit courts of appeal on a constitutional issue is THE best way to get the Supreme Court to review the issue.


8 posted on 08/05/2020 4:59:19 PM PDT by Thud
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