The Trump administration is facing another lawsuit challenging its new public charge rule, which aims to deny green cards and visas to immigrants that may have used or likely use government assistance programs.
On Tuesday, the states of New York, Vermont and Connecticut sued the Trump Administration alleging that the public charge rule “disregards clear congressional intent and a century’s worth of case law.”
Public charge rule allegedly based on racial bias
In a lawsuit, the states argued that Trump’s public charge rule is based on racial bias. It is unfairly targeting immigrants from Africa and Central America, which the President described as “shithole countries.”
Additionally, the states claimed that the federal government “weaponizes the public charge inquiry to specifically target immigrants of color, immigrants with disabilities, and low-income immigrants.”
Furthermore, the states claimed that the public charge rule “fundamentally misunderstands that these non-cash programs are designed to help immigrants who arrive in this country with limited means move out of poverty and achieve upward mobility.”
