Exclusive: Trump administration may target immigrants who use food aid, other benefits

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters




FEBRUARY 8, 2018 / 2:19 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Yeganeh Torbati
3 MIN READ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering making it harder for foreigners living in the United States to get permanent residency if they have received certain public benefits such as food assistance, in a move that could sharply restrict legal immigration.

The Department of Homeland Security has drafted proposed new rules seen by Reuters that would allow immigration officers to scrutinize a potential immigrant’s use of certain taxpayer-funded public benefits to determine if they could become a public burden.

For example, U.S. officials could look at whether the applicant has enrolled a child in government pre-school programs or received subsidies for utility bills or health insurance premiums.

The draft rules are a sharp departure from current guidelines, which have been in place for nearly two decades and specifically bar authorities from considering such non-cash benefits in deciding a person’s eligibility to immigrate to the United States or stay in the country.


Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-services-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-may-target-immigrants-who-use-food-aid-other-benefits-idUSKBN1FS2ZK

[Ligyron]

1. Yeah, I wondered when they would figure this angle out.

Off to court then.

[iluvtennis]

2. Shitholes. This is WRONG.

[Docreed2003]

3. Of course they would do this

This sounds EXACTLY like something Stephen Miller would push for!

[standingtall]

4. If poor white Trump

supporting deplorables think this stuff will only be limited to immigrants they are delusional.

[justhanginon]

5. Do these so called public servants, so adored

by the evangelical community, say their bedtime prayers and then drift off to sleep dreaming of how many ways they can hurt vulnerable people? What a sick joke that they are striving to "make America great again". The only thing they make is the caring people, who make up most of this great nation, absolutely sick to their stomachs with their hate.

[gay texan]

6. They sleep well because they have no conscience.

They cannot feel empathy for anyone.