BREAKING: The Trump admin just issued a rule to radically expand the so-called “public charge” provision in immigration law—which has been used in the past to keep out Jews fleeing Nazi Germany, LGBT families & people w/disabilities nytimes.com/2018/09/22/us/…
If the rule takes effect, millions of immigrant parents will be forced to choose between ensuring their U.S. citizen kids have healthcare and food—and risking their own deportation. americanprogress.org/issues/poverty…
The Trump admin’s ugly rule explicitly targets disabled immigrants, harkening back to a time when the federal government used the “public charge” test to deny permanent residency to people it deemed “degenerates.”
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