Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Trump administration when it upheld preliminary injunctions against the public charge rule, deciding that the regulation was most likely not a reasonable interpretation of federal immigration law. The department, which handles immigration matters like the issuance of green cards, has purview over the public charge rule. They are focused on public charge, but not solely public charge,” said Cheasty Anderson, the director of immigration policy and advocacy at the Children’s Defense Fund-Texas. After hearing about the public charge rule, Guillermina withdrew from food stamps in 2018 and let her health insurance expire. When her husband lost his job in construction during the pandemic, she was driven back to public benefits.

Source: bd News24 December 05, 2020 15:22 UTC