The rule, if ultimately allowed to take effect, could be the most drastic Trump administration policy targeting the legal immigration system, experts have said. He wrote that the government had failed to provide "any reasonable explanation" for why the definition of "public charge" needed to be changed. US immigration law has long required officials to exclude from permanent residency a person likely to become a "public charge." The new rule changed this definition to include anyone who would receive a much wider range of public benefits. On Thursday, the State Department revealed its own rule on ineligibility for visa applicants, to bring its standards in line with the DHS rule.

Source: bd News24 October 11, 2019 20:15 UTC