Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, a noncitizen who is likely to become a public charge is generally inadmissible to the United States and ineligible to become a lawful permanent resident. Keep Reading
DHS Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced that the government will no longer defend the 2019 public charge rule as doing so is neither in the public interest nor an efficient use of limited government resources. Keep Reading
Biden vows to provide "safe and orderly processing of asylum seekers" who arrive at the U.S. border. Keep Reading
The Final Rule, published on Aug. 14, 2019, and originally scheduled to go into effect on Oct. 15, 2019, prescribes how the Department of Homeland Security will determine whether an alien is inadmissible. Keep Reading
Two Democratic-led California counties asked a federal court to immediately block the Trump administration's so-called "public charge" regulation. Keep Reading
Asked whether the rule discriminates, Cuccinelli said that "we certainly expect people of any income to be able to stand on their own two feet." Keep Reading