{"id":24562,"date":"2021-05-26T13:12:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T17:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=24562"},"modified":"2021-05-26T13:12:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T17:12:44","slug":"biden-move-increases-public-charges-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/05\/26\/biden-move-increases-public-charges-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Foists New Public Charges on America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lowering the bar for residency in the United States, President Joe Biden revoked<\/a> a rule that required legal immigrants to have health insurance or to demonstrate the ability to pay their medical costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House declared that the Trump-era guidelines did \u201cnot advance the interests of the United States.\u201d In fact, the 2019 proclamation<\/a> was about preserving American interests and upholding the law. It was predicated on an unassailable reality: \u201cContinuing to allow entry into the United States of certain immigrants who lack health insurance or the demonstrated ability to pay for their healthcare would be detrimental to these interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Trump rule last December. The court cited Section 8<\/a> of the U.S. Code, which empowers the president to bar entry of foreign nationals “detrimental to the interests of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden\u2019s action followed his administration\u2019s decision not to defend Trump\u2019s \u201cpublic charge\u201d<\/a> rule at the Supreme Court. That rule, which would have strengthened existing law, stipulated that noncitizens could not receive a green card if the government believed they would become reliant on public assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reasonably,\nthis would have denied green cards to those who received government benefits,\nsuch as Medicaid or food stamps, for more than 12 months over a three-year\nperiod. It granted humane exceptions, stating, \u201cNothing in this proclamation\nshall be construed to affect any individual’s eligibility for asylum, refugee\nstatus \u2026 or protection under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel,\nInhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, consistent with the laws and\nregulations of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that wasn\u2019t enough for Build Back Better Joe. In revoking the healthcare requirement and letting the new public charge rule die, Biden is exposing the U.S. to untold public expense by legal immigrants, who are three times more likely<\/a> than American citizens to go without health insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collaborating Democrats in Congress know what\u2019s at stake. So they have introduced legislation<\/a> to drop the five-year waiting period for enrollment in Medicaid and the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and allow legal immigrants to start drawing benefits immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden\u2019s irresponsible actions\nthat boost the costs of legal immigration dovetail with his administration\u2019s\nsabotage of border enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safeguarding the nation\u2019s health during the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration invoked Title 42<\/a> to expel illegal border crossers. Now, even as Biden continues to beat the COVID warning drums, his Department of Homeland Security has begun granting exemptions for entry, without disclosing its criteria for doing so. A Republican congressional delegation<\/a> is demanding an official response from DHS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While America waits for\nanswers, the administration\u2019s behavior is disturbingly clear. For all their\npretentious platitudes about welcoming immigrants \u2013 legal and illegal — Biden\n& Co. are putting unnecessary financial burdens on this country, while cutting\ncorners at the border. It\u2019s a lose-lose proposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lowering the bar for residency in the United States, President Joe Biden revoked a rule that required legal immigrants to have health insurance or to demonstrate the ability to pay their medical costs. The White House declared that the Trump-era guidelines did \u201cnot advance the interests of the United States.\u201d In fact, the 2019 proclamation<\/p>\n

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