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🚨BREAKING: @POTUS has begun the process of undoing the #PublicCharge immigrant ‘wealth test.’ This commitment to reverse one of the most harmful policies of the Trump administration is a colossal step toward ensuring we all have the freedom to thrive. 1/4 
The public charge ‘wealth test’ stoked fear & confusion in our communities, causing many immigrants to choose between feeding their loved ones and accessing essential health care during a global pandemic. The rule is harmful & racist. 2/4
Over the last 4 years, NILC has worked alongside our partners to fight back against public charge. We co-led & founded the #ProtectFamilies campaign, driving in more than 250,000 public comments opposing the rule. 3/4
THREAD: For our new report, we interviewed several immigrant service providers and identified a common pattern: the new DHS public charge regulation generated confusion and concern in immigrant communities across the country even before it was implemented. ow.ly/hSbI50yy23t
Researchers @manatt estimate that as many as 26 million people could be chilled from accessing health, nutrition, and housing programs because of fear and misinformation about the rule. ow.ly/ImIn30qllr8
Our report helps uncover how that fear has manifested on the ground, including among groups not technically targeted by the rule: lawful permanent residents, U.S. citizens, and exempted humanitarian groups like crime and trafficking survivors.
Thread: Most people who qualify for #Medicaid that are counted in the rule will never undergo a #PublicCharge assessment, but fear & confusion about the new policies could lead some people to unnecessarily go without benefits they are eligible for. #ProtectFamilies
The following programs will NOT be negatively factored into a #PublicCharge assessment:
⚕️The #ACA Marketplace Health Insurance w/ a premium tax credit &/or cost sharing reduction
👶Children’s Health Insurance Program aka CHIP
#ProtectFamilies
⚕️The #ACA Marketplace Health Insurance w/ a premium tax credit &/or cost sharing reduction
👶Children’s Health Insurance Program aka CHIP
#ProtectFamilies
#Medicaid CANNOT be negatively factored into a #PublicCharge assessment for the following groups:
🧒People who get Medicaid when they are younger than 21
🤰People who get Medicaid based on pregnancy
🎖️People in the military & their spouses & children
#ProtectFamilies
🧒People who get Medicaid when they are younger than 21
🤰People who get Medicaid based on pregnancy
🎖️People in the military & their spouses & children
#ProtectFamilies
Today, as the implementation of Trump's harmful #PublicCharge policy weighs heavily on the minds of immigrants & their families, all of us who value diversity & share a vision for a more just & equitable country must strengthen our resolve to keep fighting. 1/ #ProtectFamilies
Over the past three years, the Trump administration has used threats, false starts, exaggeration, and misinformation around #PublicCharge to deliberately spread fear and confusion among immigrant communities navigating an already dysfunctional system. 2/ #ProtectFamilies
These tactics are designed to maximize this cruel policy’s harmful impact. As a result, we’ve heard far too many reports of families avoiding crucial economic support programs vital to their kids & loved ones’ wellbeing—even before the policy went into effect. 3/ #ProtectFamilies
President Trump is so fixated with pursuing anti-immigrant policies that he is blind to the effects they'll have on our nation and our economy.
But here in CA, we don't let xenophobia get in the way of sound governance. We fight to protect everyone’s access to healthcare.
But here in CA, we don't let xenophobia get in the way of sound governance. We fight to protect everyone’s access to healthcare.
That's why, today, we're standing up against The Trump Administration's unlawful #HealthcareProclamation.
This arbitrary rule limits access to health coverage, pushes junk insurance plans, and contradicts Congress' longstanding policy of keeping families together.
This arbitrary rule limits access to health coverage, pushes junk insurance plans, and contradicts Congress' longstanding policy of keeping families together.
We're also taking action against @RealDonaldTrump's cruel and un-American #PublicCharge rule.
This vile attack on working families would have a profound effect on both California's economy and those of us who call California home. #ProtectFamilies
This vile attack on working families would have a profound effect on both California's economy and those of us who call California home. #ProtectFamilies
A3a: Many people are subject to the public charge test when they apply to enter the country or apply for a green card #PublicChargeChat #ProtectFamilies
A3b: There is no public charge test for green card holders who are applying for U.S. citizenship. #PublicChargeChat #ProtectFamilies
A3c: Refugees or asylum seekers, certain survivors of domestic violence or other serious crimes, & other groups are generally not required to go through a public charge test #PublicChargeChat #ProtectFamilies
A2a: The new DHS rule broadens the definition of public charge & shifts the emphasis on keeping people who aren’t already wealthy from coming to the U.S. #PublicChargeChat #ProtectFamilies
A2b: It will deny a broad set of people who are lawfully present in the U.S. & trying to build a life for themselves. It will also deny the ability to become permanent residents to enter our country legally if they’re not wealthy. #PublicChargeChat #ProtectFamilies
A2c: The new public charge test in the rule will likely keep out people who seek to work hard — based on the erroneous assumption that they won’t contribute to our communities, our economy, & our nation: bit.ly/2Z0l1Nm #PublicChargeChat #ProtectFamilies
A1a: The Admin calls a person a “public charge” if they have received any of an extensive array of public benefits that are tied to need. #PublicChargeChat #ProtectFamilies
A1b: An immigration official also looks at many factors & guesses whether this person is more likely than not to receive benefits in the future & become a “public charge.” #PublicChargeChat #ProtectFamilies
A1c: Being labeled a “public charge” can result in a person being denied entry to the United States, or the ability to stay in the U.S. lawfully . #PublicChargeChat #ProtectFamilies
Chances are you'd never heard of public charge before today.
It's a big deal and will have devastating consequences for potentially millions of immigrants. Here's why it matters. 1/
It's a big deal and will have devastating consequences for potentially millions of immigrants. Here's why it matters. 1/
Public charge has been around for over a hundred years and was intended to keep certain "undesirable" immigrants out of the US...poor people.
It's basically a wealth test for immigrants. 2/
It's basically a wealth test for immigrants. 2/
What should shock no one to learn, Congress passed the public charge restriction the same year it passed another, more famous restrictionist law: 3/
New statement & thread: President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security today released a rule that makes extensive & deeply troubling changes in our nation’s immigration policies: bit.ly/2Z0l1Nm
#ProtectFamilies
#ProtectFamilies
The rule will deny many people the ability to enter our country legally if they’re not wealthy: bit.ly/2Z0l1Nm
#ProtectFamilies
#ProtectFamilies
The rule reflects a dark vision of the US — as an unwelcoming nation that wants to keep out people who seek to join their family, work hard, & climb the economic ladder — based on the erroneous assumption that they won’t contribute to our communities/economy. #ProtectFamilies
New @MigrationPolicy report: #PublicCharge rule could block >60% of immigrants from getting green cards, with "a disproportionate effect on women, children, & the elderly ... [&] could shift legal immigration away from Latin America & towards Europe"
migrationpolicy.org/research/impac…
migrationpolicy.org/research/impac…
Yet see @DrishPill: "Policies that make it harder for recent low-income immigrants to remain in the U.S. ignore the upward progress that immigrants have as they assimilate into the mainstream, which has been part of the immigrant experience for generations"papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
You have between now and *Dec. 10* to compel DHS to listen to your view about this #PublicCharge plan (currently >60,000 comments and counting)... #ProtectFamilies
protectingimmigrantfamilies.org/#take-action
protectingimmigrantfamilies.org/#take-action
Who is the @DHSgov #PublicCharge plan already harming? U.S. citizen children of *lawful permanent residents* too afraid to sign up their kids for essential healthcare programs. @jenny_deam @HoustonChron tells their heartbreaking stories. #ProtectFamilies
houstonchronicle.com/business/artic…
houstonchronicle.com/business/artic…
These families would *not* be penalized by the #PublicCharge rule, even if it were the law of the land (which it's not, and won't be until mid-2019 at the earliest). But Americans are needlessly suffering anyway, because fear reigns. Does @DHSgov consider that a bug or a feature?
Today the #PublicCharge proposal was officially published by @DHSgov. This is a plan to turn down applicants for green cards and temporary visas if the gov't determines they are "likely at any time in the future to receive one or more public benefit." 1/
federalregister.gov/documents/2018…
federalregister.gov/documents/2018…
Even though this is just a proposal, and we are many months away from any changes to current regulations, #immigrants are already canceling their enrollment in government programs *even though they shouldn't be afraid to use them.* 2/
newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…
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Fear travels faster than facts. Every report about the "chilling effects" of the #PublicCharge rule is a heartbreaking story of needless misery. (See @SuzGamboa @NBCNews) 3/
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What's the big deal about the #PublicCharge plan from @DHSgov? My interview with @NFAPResearch breaks it down. Fundamentally, this policy is designed to impede and reduce legal #immigration, affecting millions of families and U.S. businesses: forbes.com/sites/stuartan…
"Never in our nation’s history have we said that you have to be comfortably middle class to become an American. We didn’t say that to Alexander Hamilton, or Andrew Carnegie, or the founders of Google and WhatsApp..."
"...or countless other #immigrants who came here with next to nothing, worked hard and made this country great." @Noahpinion @NatImmForum @FWDus @NewAmericanEcon #ProtectFamilies @MigrationPolicy @cliniclegal @GeorgetownLaw #immconf bloomberg.com/view/articles/…
BREAKING: President Trump just announced a devastating new proposed regulation that would harm countless immigrant families & all of our nation's communities. The adjustments to "Public Charge" would rig our immigration system so green cards would only go to the highest bidder 1/
This is a regulatory backdoor approach to separate more families. We’ve seen this before when Trump attempted to enact his draconian agenda of restricting legal immigration through Congress — but failed. 2/ #ProtectFamilies
The lead-up to this policy is already producing a damaging chilling effect. Families are foregoing critical, basic needs to stay healthy and thrive for fear of being shut out of the immigration process. politi.co/2Q4nVNZ 3/ #ProtectFamilies
🚨 THREAD: President Trump has signed an executive order mandating that families be jailed by the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security or Defense. This order would have the effect of jailing, for months or even years, immigrant families seeking safety in the U.S. 1/
.@MarielenaNILC: "The Trump administration has created a crisis and committed horrific human rights abuses by separating children from their parents at the border." 2/ #ProtectFamilies
@MarielenaNILC .@MarielenaNILC: "Clearly on the defense, today it used a political sleight of hand to try to placate Americans who have been rightly outraged by their government’s repugnant policies, including separating children and babies from their parents and housing them in cages." 3/
