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 administrations 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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Reuters: 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.
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.
That’s RAYCISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well that sounds like winning until Sock Sucker Roberts gets his crack at it.
Maybe something should be done about his illegally adopted kids. You can’t blackmail him, but you can punish him.
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.
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