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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.
(Score: 2) by darkfeline on Monday August 20 2018, @02:29AM (1 child)
>A lot of people find that morally objectionable.
Here's what I find morally objectionable. I cannot in good conscience go to one of the homeless US citizens in my town/city and tell them that we provided aid to refugees and that (s)he should sleep proud on the sidewalk tonight knowing that we helped a foreigner avoid death in their country.
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(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday August 20 2018, @04:01AM
We have both the space and the cash necessary to house every homeless person in America, and millions of immigrants. The only reason those are competing interests is because of an artificial scarcity imposed to benefit banks and landlords at the expense of everybody else.
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