Over one million individuals obtain lawful permanent resident (LPR) status each year (DHS 2020). Beginning February of 2020, LPR applicants became subject to new public charge rules that seek to bar admission to anyone who “is likely at any time to become a public charge.” Motivated by the misconception that immigrants overuse U.S. welfare benefits, the rules seek to employ unnecessary vetting criteria that are both unfair and unsafe.
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