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Immigration Public Benefits
FILE - Hundreds of people stand in line outside a U.S. immigration office with numerous courtrooms in San Francisco, Jan. 31, 2019.
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The Trump administration is reviving a rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits that could include food stamps, Medicaid, housing vouchers and others. The policy, known as “public charge," appeared on Thursday in the Federal Register and will be formally published on July 20. The policy was first implemented in February 2020 as one of President Donald Trump’s moves to limit legal immigration during his first administration, but it was reversed after Democratic President Joe Biden came to power.
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