Statement attributable to Luis Guardia, President, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) WASHINGTON, March 10, 2021 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is beyond pleased that the 2019 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) public charge rule has been blocked permanently nationwide. … Continued
WASHINGTON — The White House Tuesday released a fact sheet indicating that President Joe Biden will sign an executive order directing federal agencies to review Trump public charge regulations that have effectively denied millions in immigrant families health care and … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): HARRISBURG—The day the new public charge rule goes into effect, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center and the New York Fiscal Policy Institute are releasing a report demonstrating the harm it will … Continued
From Protecting Immigrant Families (https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.org/): FEBRUARY 3, 2020 — The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an order (PDF) that allows the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) public charge regulations to take effect, except in Illinois, where they remain blocked by a court order. … Continued
From the National Immigration Law Center (http://www.nilc.org): Earlier this month we filed a lawsuit challenging the administration’s expansion of the “public charge” regulation, an unlawful, racially-motivated wealth test on immigrant families. We filed the lawsuit with our co-counsel Asian Americans … Continued
From Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (http://www.papartnerships.org): The “public charge” test refers to the evaluation by federal immigration officials to determine whether a person applying for a visa or green card is likely to rely on government benefits. The final rule, … Continued
From #TalkPoverty (https://talkpoverty.org/): #TalkPoverty has put together a simple set of virtual flashcards to help with understanding the administration’s attempt to redefine an obscure immigration test concerning potential need for public benefits. Check it out at https://talkpoverty.org/flash-card-set/public-charge/.
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): Today, the Trump administration published in the Federal Register a final rule on the definition of when an immigrant becomes a “public charge” — a rule that will fuel hunger and poverty … Continued
Posted at https://frac.org/news/this-is-not-america-new-trump-administration-rule-will-create-more-hunger-and-poverty Statement attributed to Jim Weill, president, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) WASHINGTON, August 12, 2019 — Today, the Trump administration posted the final public charge rule in the Federal Register for inspection. The rule would increase … Continued
By CHN December 14, 2018 Editor’s note: The following piece was written by Makenna Whitworth, CHN’s Fall 2018 intern. Makenna is a senior majoring in political science at Brigham Young University. Makenna Whitworth, CHN’s Fall 2018 intern, attending a report briefing at … Continued