Trump's controversial "public charge" rule takes effect, reshaping legal immigration

[Polybius]

Source: CBS News

Washington — The Trump administration on Monday began enforcing stringent income-based requirements for green cards and certain visas, instituting the most ambitious unilateral effort in recent history to change the nation's legal immigration system.

After multiple legal barriers blocking the implementation of the new requirements were cleared by the conservative-leaning Supreme Court, most green card applicants in the U.S. and abroad will now be subjected to a redefined "public charge" test. Under the rules by the Departments of State and Homeland Security, immigration officials have more power to deny applications from petitioners they deem are, or could become, an economic burden on the country.

The sweeping policy change, one of the administration's top immigration priorities, is expected to block the entry of hundreds of thousands of people, disproportionately affecting prospective immigrants from Asia, Africa and Latin America, according to experts.

Since it unveiled the final regulation last summer, the administration has portrayed it as a way to promote "self-sufficiency" among immigrant communities. " (The rule) enforces longstanding law requiring aliens to be self-sufficient, reaffirming the American ideals of hard work, perseverance and determination," said Ken Cuccinelli, the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-public-charge-rule-immigration-green-card-public-assistance/

[gab13by13]

1. Does the enforcement include the vineyard in Virginia,

and other Trump properties?

[democratisphere]

3. Hoping the grapes turn into raisins on the vines!

[democratisphere]

2. We know the SOB likes to eat, so who will NOW harvest his food?

[gab13by13]

4. I wonder what he ate in India where cows are sacred?

[democratisphere]

5. The ONLY thing sacred to drumpf is himself, as the chosen one.

Probably gorging himself on Impossible Whopper Masala.

[ananda]

6. Boy, that racist xenophobic code language is so ugly.

I really HATE hate!

[kimbutgar]

7. So he wants to kill tourism and family visits ?

What an evil pos.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

8. This doesn't apply to tourists. It only applies

to those seeking permanent residence (i.e., the 'green card') and non-immigrant visas such as the H-1B.

There's always been a public charge rule, meaning that an applicant had to meet or exceed the poverty threshold based on family size and location (Hawaii and Alaska had higher poverty thresholds), meaning that the Petitioner (or 'sponsor') had to show enough income and/or assets to support the foreign national (and any minor children), along with that Petitioner's family (if any).

What has changed for the worse is that now beneficiaries and applicants have to show they have not used any public services such as Medicaid or Food Stamps which is ridiculous since these services are also available to legal immigrants (note that I said 'legal' defined as anyone who is in valid status and legally present in the U.S.).

[LakeArenal]

9. I know that this is very controversial and unAmerican

Considering what that Statue of Liberty says: Yet, living in Costa Rica requires an income. It’s small, $1000 per month. But it is a requirement. And... until we get residency status we have to leave every 90 days and to return we have to have an exit ticket should they decide they want us out of the country.

So although dump’s reasoning is bigoted and racist, it is a policy in other countries that does not have bigoted reasons.

[Juneboarder]

10. Yes...

This would be the exact reason I could not get my residency in Canada.