Public Charge Relief Chart
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (December 10, 2019)
This resource will help to determine a clients public charge applicability to applications and provides a list of relief forms to assist.
Fact Sheet: Public Charge Final Rule
Center on Immigration and Child Welfare (Updated April 2020)
This fact sheet provides background and information about changes to the public charge rule, the factors that weigh negatively and positively in a public charge determination, and their implications for immigrant families and their children.
Current Status of Public Charge
Catholic Legal Immigration Network (October 28, 2019)
CLINIC has prepared an analysis of the current status of the public charge rules and advice for practitioners.
Putting Our Children at Risk: The Impact of the Public Charge Rule on Immigrant Children and Families
Center for the Study of Social Policy (September 2019)
This briefs highlights the negative consequences that the public charge rule will have on immigrant children and their families, including with respect to access to health coverage, food security, and housing stability.
Public Charge: Community Messages
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (August 14, 2019)
This resource contains core messages you can share with community members to help combat the chilling effect this rule may have.
The Department of Homeland Security Public Charge Final Rule
Center for Study of Social Policy (August 14, 2019)
This FAQ on the DHS 2019 public charge rule provides responses to the most commonly asked questions related to this rule change.
Public Charge as a Ground of Deportability
Aruna Sury, Sally Kinoshita, & Erin Quinn, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (June 11, 2019)
The Trump administration is considering publishing a U.S. Department of Justice draft regulation interpreting the provision of deporting legal permanent residents who’ve used public benefits. This practice advisory provides an overview of current law.
One in Seven Adults in Immigrant Families Reported Avoiding Public Benefit Programs in 2018
Hamutal Bernstein, Dulce Gonzalez, Michael Karpman, & Stephen Zuckerman, Urban Institute (May 2019)
This brief uses unique data from a nationally representative, internet-based survey conducted in December 2018 to provide the first systematic evidence on the extent of chilling effects among immigrant families before release of a final public charge rule.
Public Charge: A Threat to Children’s Health and Well-Being
CLASP (October, 2018)
This fact-sheet reviews the proposed Trump administration changes to the public charge rule, and their potential impact on children of immigrants.
Changing Public Charge Immigration Rules: The Potential Impact on Children Who Need Care
Leah Zallman and Karen Finnegan, California Health Care Foundation (October 23, 2018)
This issue brief discusses how the Trump administration changes to the public charge rule could impact Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment among a particularly vulnerable group: low- and moderate-income children “in need of medical attention,” defined as children with a current or recent medical diagnosis, disability, and/or need for specific therapy.
