Since Trump’s inauguration, over 400 policies and executive orders have been implemented targeting all levels of immigration to and within the United States. This report covers all notable changes and their long lasting effects on the immigration system.
Attorneys from various legal agencies sought a preliminary injunction with a federal district court to the “public charge” ruling that prevents immigrant families in need from accessing public benefits. “Public charge” rules grossly affect immigrant families from seeking health care, food, and housing assistance during the pandemic. Lawyers argue the policy is discriminatory and unconstitutional.
USCIS announced that immigrants with potential COVID-19 symptoms are able to seek necessary medical treatment or preventative services and it will not affect their admissibility under Public Charge. This includes access to testing, screening, treatment, or vaccines for communicable diseases, including COVID-19.
This infogram shows who is impacted by the new public charge rule that went into effect on February 24, 2020.
This resource includes information on the final public charge rule as it relates to early childhood stakeholders.
Protecting Immigrant Families created a webpage that houses resources they and their allies have created. Resources on the webpage include a screening tool, videos, resources by program, resources for working with state and local agencies, outreach and education resources, and additional public charge resource pages.
This documents reflects the changes to the public charge rule that will go into effect on February 24, 2o20.
This page highlights the public charge policy that will go into effect on February 24, 2020.
This fact sheet highlights many concerns that have been raised by practitioners surrounding how the new public charge regulations will affect their clients.
This resource will help to determine a clients public charge applicability to applications and provides a list of relief forms to assist.
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