JUST IN: The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to enforce its most ambitious effort to restrict legal immigration, green-lighting the public charge rule.
Critics say it will shut America's doors to low-income immigrants & people of color.
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Critics say it will shut America's doors to low-income immigrants & people of color.
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This is major victory for the Trump administration, which says the rule is designed to promote "self-sufficiency" among immigrants.
But immigrant advocates say it institutes a “wealth test” designed to limit the immigration of poor people from developing, non-white countries.
But immigrant advocates say it institutes a “wealth test” designed to limit the immigration of poor people from developing, non-white countries.
The term "public charge" dates back to 1882 — when the US actively sought to limit immigration from non-white countries.
That year, the US enacted the discriminatory Chinese Exclusion Act on the premise that Chinese immigrants jeopardized "the good order of certain localities."
That year, the US enacted the discriminatory Chinese Exclusion Act on the premise that Chinese immigrants jeopardized "the good order of certain localities."
Former Obama White House official @Doug_Rand:
"It's a way to screen out people, not just from developing countries, but from any country, that the government has decided aren't wealthy enough, aren't healthy enough and don't speak English well enough."
"It's a way to screen out people, not just from developing countries, but from any country, that the government has decided aren't wealthy enough, aren't healthy enough and don't speak English well enough."
