"An alien's receipt of public benefits comes at taxpayer expense and availability of public benefits may provide an incentive for aliens to immigrate to the United States. "Receiving such benefits could weigh against an applicant, even if they were for an immigrant's U.S. citizen children, according to the document. "The administration is committed to enforcing existing immigration law, which is clearly intended to protect the American taxpayer," said Tyler Houlton, a DHS spokesman. "In 2016, nearly 383,000 people who would be subject to the new standards obtained permanent residence while already in the United States, according to DHS statistics. immigration law has long required officials to exclude a person likely to become a "public charge" from permanent residence.

Source: Egypt Today February 08, 2018 21:33 UTC