Several advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Friday to block the Trump administration's recently finalized 'public charge' rule, which would make it harder for legal immigrants to stay in the country.
Several advocacy groups filed suit in a California federal court Friday to stop the Trump administration from implementing its new "public charge" rule.
Colombian Born Lucrecia Arbelaez and other candidates take the oath of allegiance to become US citizens during a Naturalization Ceremony for new US citizens at the City Hall of Jersey City, New Jersey on February 22, 2017.
"This rule change is a direct attack on communities of color and their families, and furthers this administration's desire to make this country work primarily for the wealthy and white," said Antionette Dozier, senior attorney at the Western Center on Law and Poverty. "Our immigration system cannot be based on the racial animosities of this administration, or whether or not people are wealthy.
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