BREAKING: On 5-4 vote, Supreme Court lets Trump administration start enforcing new immigrant wealth test, designed to screen out green card applicants seen as being at risk of becoming "public charges".
— Greg Stohr (@GregStohr) January 27, 2020
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will let the Trump admin enforce a rule that lets it block immigrants from getting green cards if they might need govt assistance (e.g. Medicaid, food stamps).
Rights groups call it a "wealth test." pic.twitter.com/fvKiI4dK6C
— AJ+ (@ajplus) January 27, 2020
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."
— Camilo Montoya-Galvez (@camiloreports) January 27, 2020
3) If Trump *actually* wants to encourage economic self-sufficiency among immigrants, why is he trying to make it harder for large categories of immigrants to work, including by delaying how long asylum-seekers must wait to qualify for work permits? https://t.co/CsLegtYPI0
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) January 27, 2020
A divided Supreme Court has allowed the Public Charge rule to take effect. This will have a huge impact on legal immigration to the U.S. @MigrationPolicy estimates it could cut immigration from Latin america and Africa in half https://t.co/K0HgjUrdKb
— Michelle Hackman (@MHackman) January 27, 2020
