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The #PublicCharge rule is horrific.

Applicants for a green card inside the US will, after 2/24/20, have the fact that they are applying for a green card held against them as a negative factor.

Yes, you read that right.
Make no mistake: the public charge rule is simply to provide a way for USCIS to more easily deny ANY application for a green card.

We're working double overtime to file several cases in our firm. Trying to save as many as we can from this horrific rule.
It's not getting the attention it deserves.

Like many policies of this administration, it's the poor, the vulnerable, and the sick who are going to suffer.

The #TantonNetwork has been clamoring for more "public charge" denials for nearly 40 years.

Feb 24 is their day.
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Hassan Ahmad
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Julie Kirchner heads white nationalist group FAIR for nearly 10 years.

Trump is elected.

FAIR feeds its people into the admin, including Kirchner.
Kirchner loses her job.

So they CREATE a new position for her. Overseeing DETAINED IMMIGRANTS.

buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
Julie Kirchner:

* Advocated slashing all immigration
* Wants to end birthright citizenship
* Welcomed known racists to events
* Likened immigration to "human sprawl."

Now she'll be overseeing complaints about the civil rights of immigrant detainees.

plotagainstimmigrants.com/network/#julie…
She's part of the Tanton Network.

This is why I sued to unseal the #TantonPapers. John Tanton, the founder of Kirchner's FAIR, believed white people are genetically superior. He embraced white nationalism, and his network carries his legacy.

thedailybeast.com/the-dark-legac…
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Hassan Ahmad
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The state of the immigration courts in which we practice affect hundreds of thousands. And they've been politicized and manipulated by the likes of Stephen Miller.

So I submitted written testimony for a hearing to be held by @HouseJudiciary tomorrow. Wanted to share it.
The crisis isn't the backlog of 1 million cases.

It's the LACK OF DUE PROCESS. Take it from someone in the trenches.

It's not a court of law when judges have to meet quotas to keep their jobs. When ICE attorneys show up without a file and nothing happens to them.
The right to tell one's story is sacrosanct. Throwing people into squalor, barring them from entering, holding court in a tent - all make a mockery of due process.

Do you hear that, "Party of Law and Order?"

JUSTICE IS NOT DISPENSED BY QUOTA.
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Hassan Ahmad
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So you want to be an immigration activist? Here are 7 things you need to know.

1. Immigration is a lifeline. It is a way to bring fresh ideas, fresh people, and fresh talent into the United States. A border is a tool to achieve it.

We cannot prosper without immigration.
2. Immigration touches everything.

Education.
Jobs.
Environment.
Families.
Community relations.
Criminal justice.
3. The criminal justice system and the immigration system are intertwined.

And it's a bad marriage that never should have happened. Watch for terms that criminalize.
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Nicolette Glazer
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The #PublicCharge rule was stayed (for now) & is huge relief but in nitty-gritty of immigration cases happening away from twitter-sphere, injunction is of little coseq. Last FRI I got email from OPLA atty on upcoming 42B merits w/ “I don’t see the credit reports 4 Respts?” WTF!?!
It has nothing to do with cancellation of removal eligibility or meeting the burden of proof to get #immigration relief requested. But you see, Credit Score was one of the things introduced into immigration adjudications by the #PublicCharge rule. 1/
A confession is in order. I my 19 yrs practicing immigr I have never submitted Credit Reports/Scores in cancellation cases bc those are often not pretty. It has very little to do w issues at bar but everything to do on how debt & debt collection affect vulnerable populations. 2/
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Tom K. Wong
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My new report showing how the #PublicCharge rule will negatively impact undocumented immigrants and their families usipc.ucsd.edu/publications/u… 1\
Before diving into the data, much attention has been paid to how the #PublicCharge rule will affect future flows into the U.S. Less attention has been paid to how the rule will affect undocumented immigrants who want to adjust their immigration status 2\
DHS wrote a section about #PublicCharge and undocumented immigrants who wanted to legalize under IRCA in 1986. If #PublicCharge is a backdoor to decreasing legal immigration, it is also a barrier to undocumented immigrants attempting to adjust their status 3\
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MigrationPolicy Inst
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The #PublicCharge rule out today may:
🔸Cause immigrants & their US-born kids to withdraw in big numbers from public benefit programs for which they are eligible
🔸Dramatically change future legal immigration flows
🔸Shift policy on access to benefits

migrationpolicy.org/news/through-b…
Among other things, the rule gives the administration enormous discretion to deny admission to intending immigrants with incomes or financial assets below 250 percent of the poverty line (about $62,000 for a family of four)
This could significantly reshape immigration from Asia, Latin America & Africa.

We took a look at recent immigrants to see the shares with incomes below 250% of federal poverty ⬇️
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Melissa Boteach
@mboteach
BREAKING: Days after mass shooting, inspired by anti-immigrant hate speech & white supremacy, Trump admin finalizes #publiccharge anti-immigrant rule - historically used to enforce white supremacy.

Rule will go into effect in 60 days from now.

THREAD:

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The Trump public charge rule on its face is an elitist push to tell immigrants that they must achieve the American dream somewhere else before they can come here.

It favors wealth over family in determining who can come and stay here.
It punishes immigrants for the low-wages their employers pay & is license to discriminate against ppl w/disabilities/health conditions.

This is VAST departure from status quo. Public charge currently means institutionalization at gov's expense or subsisting on public cash assist
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Melissa Boteach
@mboteach
🛎RED ALERT🛎

It’s official. Trump has published his radical #publiccharge rule in the federal register.

Now it’s up to to us to generate thousands and thousands of comments to #protectfamilies

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protectingimmigrantfamilies.org/#take-action
.@amprog statement americanprogress.org/press/statemen…
The public charge rule is nothing more than an elitist and discriminatory wealth test that will hurt people regardless of their immigration status.
As @inclusionist has detailed, DHS acknowledges IN THE 400+ PAGE PROPOSED RULE that its policy would increase poverty and housing insecurity, reduce educational attainment, and have negative effects on businesses and charities.
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Melissa Boteach
@mboteach
🛎RED ALERT🛎Trump just unilaterally expanded his powers to attack immigrants & working families w/new #publiccharge rule

This is Trump at his worst:
❌ Rigging system for the rich
❌Emboldening white supremacists
❌Separating families
❌Cutting kids healthcare

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What is public charge? For a summary, read this thread: ), but basically, it's an arcane policy from 1892 (originally designed to keep out Irish Catholics), Today, the rule excludes immigrants likely to rely on govt for subsistence. 2/
What does Trump’s rule do?

It RADICALLY expands the existing rule to essentially make being (or being related to) a working-class immigrant a reason to fear for yourself and your family.

You can read all 447 hate-filled pages here: dhs.gov/sites/default/… 3/
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