In the coming weeks the administration will publish trump’s offer, according to which immigrants who arrived in the U.S. legally, it will be harder to obtain citizenship or a green card if they ever used a number of popular social programs, including Obamacare. About this NBC News reported four sources familiar with the plan of the White house.
This step does not need congressional approval, is part of the plan senior Advisor to the President Steven Miller to reduce the number of migrants who annually receive legal status in the United States. The project proponent proposes to include in such list also those of immigrants who received public assistance to care for persons with disabilities and members of their families, even if these relatives are U.S. citizens.
In turn, the immigration rights advocates and researchers in public health have warned that it will be the biggest change to the immigration system in decades. According to their estimates, more than 20 million people affected, if trump decides to take this step.
«The administration is committed to ensuring compliance with current legislation on immigration, which clearly is designed to protect the American taxpayer, so it needs guarantees that foreign nationals wishing to enter or remain in the United States are self-sufficient,» said NBC News a representative of the Department of homeland security.
The owner of green card, Louis Charles, who is sotsprogrammy
As reported by the media, there is a lot of owners of green cards as Louis Charles from Haiti who want to become citizens, but despite 80-hour work week, they have to use public programs to support their disabled children. Just like it are now at risk.
Sources report that the draft document was sent to the office management and budget the White house, which is the final step before publication in the Federal register.
