San Francisco and Santa Clara counties filed the first lawsuit challenging the Trump admin.'s new rules to deny green cards to migrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance.
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco and Santa Clara counties filed the first lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's new rules to deny green cards to migrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance.
In a filing, the counties of Santa Clara and San Francisco argued that the rules will worsen the health and well-being of their residents, increase public health risks and financially harm the counties. The counties also said the rules undermine Congress' broader system of immigration laws that prioritizes family unification and that the federal government did not sufficiently offer any rationale to explain the alleged benefits of the rules or justify its costs.
Federal law currently requires those seeking to become permanent residents or gain legal status to prove they will not be a burden to the U.S. — a"public charge," in government speak — but the new rules detail a broader range of programs that could disqualify them.
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