Trump Rule Targets Legal Immigrants Who Rely on Food Stamps and Other Aid

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will penalize legal immigrants who rely on public programs, such as food stamps and government-subsidized housing, as part of a sweeping new policy to slow legal immigration into the United States and reduce the number of immigrants who are granted permanent legal status.

The move will have the greatest impact on poor immigrants who are living in the country legally and are receiving public benefits from the government, forcing them to make a choice between accepting financial help and living and working in the country legally. It will probably not affect immigrants who already have green cards.

The United States wants immigrants who can support themselves, according to the rule, not those who “depend on public resources to meet their needs,” according to the new rule.

The regulation, which is scheduled to go into effect in 60 days, will provide the Trump administration a powerful new tool to narrow the demographic of people who come to live and work in the country.

Immigration advocates have pledged to sue the administration in an attempt to block the new regulation from going into effect. Tens of thousands of people opposed the rule in a public comment period over the past several months.

The regulation, also known as the public charge rule, was published in the federal register Monday morning with the following acknowledgment: “While some commenters provided support for the rule, the vast majority of commenters opposed the rule.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-rule-targets-legal-immigrants-who-rely-on-food-stamps-and-other-aid/ar-AAFHwLA?li=BBnb7Kz

[Iliyah]

1. Only going after legal immigrant POCs?

Yeah sure. It's illegal to do so.

Vote these mother****ers out!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Public assistance should be available for anybody who lives here in this country

Legal and undocumented immigrants need to eat too and should not be left on the streets to starve to death.

BUT maybe we should take a harsher look though at corporations whom literally expect the government to essentially supplement their own sh**ty wages and benefits with government assistance programs (i.e. Wal-Mart)

[CrispyQ]

4. Were there any violations against that Mississippi corporation that got raided last week?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. Not sure.

If there were, things have been kept rather quiet. My comments were geared more towards Wal-Mart but they need to be addressed as well.

[CrispyQ]

3. But they pay taxes!

Will he also decide that the fire department can't respond to their calls? They should have access to all the benefits Americans do with the exception of voting.

He's such a mean-spirited, nasty prick.