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States and cities sue Trump administration over policy restricting green card benefits

Originally published by The Guardian
States and cities sue Trump administration over policy restricting green card benefits
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The policy allows immigration officers the authority to deny green cards to those using public benefits A coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Monday over a new policy that would allow individual immigration officers to deny green cards based on use of public benefits. The new policy changes a long-established “public charge” rule, which dates back to the Immigration Act of 1882, established to ensure that newcomers to the country would be able t

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