In the months since the Trump administration announced rules pertaining to immigrants who are likely to become, or who are, “public charges,” two Northern California counties…
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As Immigrants Drop Food Stamps, California Counties Sue Over Public-Charge Rules
You Can Break a Law, You Can’t Break a Poem
National Public Radio reporter Rachel Martin recently interviewed Ken Cucinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. During the course of their discussion, she…
‘Welcoming’ Governor Digs Deeper Hole in Maine
Maine Gov. Janet Mills warmly welcomed immigrants as “family” in her inaugural address last January. Now that hundreds of asylum seekers from Angola and the Democratic…
Does the Public Charge Rule Deny Citizenship?
On August 12th, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) filed the final version of the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds rule. Acting head of USCIS Ken…
Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to be Dependent?
When the Trump administration released its final version of the “public charge” rule, which merely enforces longstanding federal law ensuring legal immigrants would not become reliant…