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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: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @02:42PM (1 child)
The Supreme Court was quite clear on that ruling. We can debate the merits of the ruling and if Chief Justice Roberts invented this reasoning from whole cloth. However, the Court ruled that the ACA is a tax. I spoke to an attorney when my wife immigrated because we were eligible for a subsidy under ACA and I wanted to be sure that we were not invoking any public welfare benefit as that would simply be re-billed to me as I was her sponsor.
(Score: 2) by BK on Thursday August 16 2018, @03:13PM
I wish you the best, but I hope your lawyer wrote you a letter to tell you that.
Your lawyer's advice may be trumped by reality.
...but you HAVE heard of me.