Posted on 09/09/2022 5:57:03 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration has officially undone a Trump-era rule that barred immigrants from gaining legal residency if they had utilized certain government benefits, allowing for a return to a previous policy with a narrower scope.
The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday said a new regulation for the “public charge” rule would go into effect in late December, although the Biden administration had already stopped applying the previous version last year.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement that the shift “ensures fair and humane treatment.”
“Consistent with America’s bedrock values, we will not penalize individuals for choosing to access the health benefits and other supplemental government services available to them,” he said.
The public charge regulation bars people from getting green cards if they would be burdens to the United States. For years prior to the Trump administration, that was interpreted as being primarily dependent on cash assistance, income maintenance or government support for long-term institutionalization.
But the Trump administration expanded the benefits to include non-cash assistance including food stamps and Medicaid. There were numerous legal challenges, but it was allowed to be implemented in 2020. Legal challenges went on, and in 2021, the Biden administration said it would not continue defending the rule.
Thursday's announcement was welcomed by immigrant advocates, who said the Trump administration’s expanded rule had created a hard atmosphere for those seeking legal residency.
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There was a time that even applying for benefits would cause the deportation of IMMIGRANTS ...
but illegal aliens arent IMMIGRANTS so that law doesnt apply to them ...
Wonderful more burden on taxpayers in US.
If you get sick in Mexico, you have to pay your bill or they will not give you back your passport which they require for treatment.
The US government HATES the US taxpayer.
Any one of them who supports the State as currently constituted, and specifically the rat party, is hopelessly stupid.
BTTT
Correct Title:
HOW TO TOTALLY BANKRUPT THE UNITED STATES & ALL IT’S CITIZENS
The Biden administration has officially undone America
The price of rigging Xi invested well for himself.
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