Now the Trump administration wants to limit citizenship for legal immigrants

[DonViejo]

Source: NBC News



The most significant change to legal immigration in decades could affect millions of would-be citizens, say lawyers and advocates.

by Julia Ainsley / Aug.07.2018 / 6:01 AM ET

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.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/now-trump-administration-wants-limit-citizenship-legal-immigrants-n897931

[Girard442]

1. Indeed. Why treat non-Aryans well.

(just in case it's needed.)

[Igel]

3. Years ago I helped somebody get a student visa.

Then helped in the early stages of green card.

One of the requirements was showing that there were sufficient resources available to the person so that he wouldn't need any public assistance programs.

He wasn't Aryan, but he was European.

[atreides1]

4. Miller isn't an Aryan

He's Jewish and he's a sociopath who hates any person of color! His next target will be Americans of color who were born in the US...Miller has a dream of a white only America...pretty twisted for the grandson of immigrants who left Belorus, to escape being murdered in a government sanctioned pogrom!!!

[Girard442]

5. I have a certain morbid curiosity about what is actually in Miller's head.

I think if I could see it clearly, I'd probably regret having seen that.

[Kind of Blue]

19. +1000

[Scarsdale]

2. Isn't it time to

investigate Mrs. tRump, her parents and sister about their status? Surely this country had enough "escorts/nude models" when she was granted a visa as a special worker in demand for jobs that could not be filled by US citizens?

[justgamma]

13. I thought they

were reviewing legal citizens who may have lied on their application. According to reports Melania never finished college like she claimed. Wonder if he's ready to deport her.

[Nitram]

6. What?!

[treestar]

7. Children's health insurance

available to their US citizen children? Or permanent resident children? What jerks. And how would they square that with the citizenship laws, say it is bad moral character to use those? Wouldn't that mean the same of US citizens - maybe it would not affect a law, but I'm sure they are willing to say that.

Goes to prove that it is bullshit that they have no problem with legal immigration, only illegal. Here they are attacking legal immigrants.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Just when you think you can't detest this group anymore.

[Snellius]

9. So much for pretending they're just following the law. Miller descendant of impoverished refugees.

Trump Administration Attacking Legal Immigrants Next - Jonathan Chait
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/trump-administration-attacking-legal-immigrants-next.html

Is Stephen Miller a Descendant of Asylum Seekers Who Fled Anti-Semitic Violence?
The White House senior advisor is the great-grandson of a Jewish immigrant who fled the poverty and pogroms of the Russian Empire in the early 1900s.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stephen-miller-descendant-asylum-seekers-fled-anti-semitic-violence/

[raging moderate]

10. President Trump has sunk lower than the Roman Emperors.

Citizenship was conferred for many reasons, including serving in the Roman Army. Receiving services offered to all citizens did not cause revocation of that citizenship.

[Javaman]

11. born from the syphilitic mind of stephen miller. nt

[GReedDiamond]

17. I don't think little Stevie ever had the opportunity...

...to contract syphilis...unless he got it from his own hand.

[FakeNoose]

18. Maybe not

...but he could give himself herpes. (disgusting thought!)

[JohnnyRingo]

12. "The right crowd with no crowding"

I believe that was the slogan on the Titanic and any Trump golf club.

[Bayard]

14. Why not just post signs at all borders

No Immigrants Allowed. Any. Don't Even Think About It. We Don't Want You. Go Away.

[Maxheader]

15. Aren't these people citizens? Have constitutional rights?

Should be a slam dunk for the attorneys representing the
defendants..

[potone]

16. They pay taxes!

Why shouldn't they get benefits??? If this is legal, it damn well shouldn't be!