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Trump Administration Expected to Propose Limiting Citizenship for Legal Immigrants

posted by martyb on Thursday August 16 2018, @09:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the What-would-Emma-Lazarus-say? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

CBS News reports:

The Trump administration is expected to issue a proposal in coming weeks that would make it harder for legal immigrants to become citizens or get green cards if they have ever used a range of popular public welfare programs, including Obamacare, four sources with knowledge of the plan told NBC News.

The move, which would not need congressional approval, is part of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller's plan to limit the number of migrants who obtain legal status in the U.S. each year.

[...] Though its effects could be far-reaching, the proposal to limit citizenship to immigrants who have not used public assistance does not appear to need congressional approval. As the Clinton administration did in 1999, the Trump administration would be redefining the term "public charge," which first emerged in immigration law in the 1800s in order to shield the U.S. from burdening too many immigrants who could not contribute to society.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @04:29PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @04:29PM (#722300)

    Bitches and moans then moves the goal posts when his argument falls apart. What a little bitch.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 16 2018, @04:44PM (4 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 16 2018, @04:44PM (#722316) Journal

    NATO costs the US a helluva lot more than any other member state. I repeat - the UK is probably second place, and third place is a very distant third.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @06:03PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @06:03PM (#722379)

      Gee, country with the 3rd largest population and -

      Despite the high economic growth rates of developing nations, the United States is by far the world’s wealthiest nation, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) — the broadest measure of economic wealth.

      The rest of the world doesn’t even come close.

      You are like the rich assholes that want a tax break, please google "how to get a brain transplant" because yours is broken.

      • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 16 2018, @06:17PM (2 children)

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 16 2018, @06:17PM (#722397) Journal

        You've just reminded me of something. Socialism is the ideology of the envious.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @06:48PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @06:48PM (#722420)

          May your sins have no end and the hell fire burn twice as hot.

          Triggered boomer is triggered, news at 11.

          • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday August 16 2018, @06:54PM

            by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 16 2018, @06:54PM (#722423) Journal

            ROFLMAO - another Christian fundamentalist finding fault? Alas, my sins will cease when my heart stops beating - just as yours will.