Trump administration proposal would make it easier to deport immigrants who use public benefits

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

POLITICS MAY 3, 2019 / 2:47 PM / UPDATED 34 MINUTES AGO

Exclusive: Trump administration proposal would make it easier to deport immigrants who use public benefits

Yeganeh Torbati
6 MIN READ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering reversing long-standing policy to make it easier to deport U.S. legal permanent residents who have used public benefits, part of an effort to restrict immigration by low-income people.

A Department of Justice draft regulation, seen by Reuters, dramatically expands the category of people who could be subject to deportation on the grounds that they use benefits.

Currently, those legal permanent residents who are declared to be a “public charge,” or primarily dependent on the government for subsistence, can be deported - but in practice, this is very rare.

The draft regulation would use a more expansive definition to include some immigrants who have used an array of public benefits, including cash welfare, food stamps, housing aid, or Medicaid.

While the plan is at an early stage, might not become official government policy, and is likely to attract lawsuits, it is one part of efforts by the Trump administration to restrict legal immigration, in addition to its efforts to reduce illegal immigration to the United States.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-benefits-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-proposal-would-make-it-easier-to-deport-immigrants-who-use-public-benefits-idUSKCN1S91UR

[Nuggets]

1. Can't we just deport tRump to Russia? nt

[murielm99]

3. He and Julian can share an apartment

in Moscow when Julian gets out of jail.

Bye, trumpie!

[Iliyah]

2. A lot of European and Asian

immigrants are on those benefits. Let see how that works, huh.