Thread by @doug_rand

"If you listen to Trump talking about how he wants a points-based #immigration system & wants people who are wealthier, better educated, higher skilled & not from countries he's spoken of in derogatory, profane language — this is it."

(via @camiloreports)
cbsnews.com/news/supreme-c…

@camiloreports "This is the policy that aims to do that, without Congress approving it whatsoever. It's a way to screen out people, not just from developing countries, but from any country, that the govt has decided aren't wealthy enough, aren't healthy enough & don't speak English well enough"

@camiloreports "This regulation is not about public benefits, except insofar as it's scaring people to stay away from public benefits — even when they don't have to."

See:
urban.org/urban-wire/pub…

@camiloreports "What the rule really does is it imposes a [20]-factor test that's never been done before, that Congress has never authorized, that is going to make it less likely for someone to get a green card based on their age, their income, their heath, the number of children they have..."

@camiloreports "...whether they have a mortgage or student loans and whole bunch of other things that have nothing to do with public benefits."

For more on #PublicCharge risk factors, see:
geekwire.com/2019/boundless…