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Arkansas Granny

(31,517 posts)
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 06:48 AM Aug 2018

Now the Trump administration wants to limit citizenship for legal immigrants


WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected to issue a proposal in coming weeks that would make it harder for legal immigrants to become citizens or get green cards if they have ever used a range of popular public welfare programs, including Obamacare, four sources with knowledge of the plan told NBC News.

The move, which would not need Congressional approval, is part of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller's plan to limit the number of migrants who obtain legal status in the U.S. each year.


Details of the rulemaking proposal are still being finalized, but based on a recent draft seen last week and described to NBC News, immigrants living legally in the U.S. who have ever used or whose household members have ever used Obamacare, children's health insurance, food stamps and other benefits could be hindered from obtaining legal status in the U.S.

Immigration lawyers and advocates and public health researchers say it would be the biggest change to the legal immigration system in decades and estimate that more than 20 million immigrants could be affected. They say it would fall particularly hard on immigrants working jobs that don't pay enough to support their families.

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Now the Trump administration wants to limit citizenship for legal immigrants (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Aug 2018 OP
If only those things had been the rules when Don's family immigrated. Vinca Aug 2018 #1
If only? atreides1 Aug 2018 #2

Vinca

(50,273 posts)
1. If only those things had been the rules when Don's family immigrated.
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 07:24 AM
Aug 2018

He might be driving Germany off the cliff now instead of the U.S.

atreides1

(16,079 posts)
2. If only?
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 08:33 AM
Aug 2018

But, it's more likely that his father would have been killed as a member of Hitler's civilian defender groups, which means Trump would have never been born!!!

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