States and Cities Sue To Stop Trump’s Immigrant “Wealth Test” Rule Before It Takes Effect
New York is leading a 22-state lawsuit against the Trump administration for unlawfully expanding the “public charge” rules that restrict entry to the United States for immigrants deemed likely to make use of public benefits. A group of municipalities, led by New York City, are separately suing over the same rules. The new regulations, scheduled […]
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Immigrants from south of the border come here often to do jobs like picking fucking lettuce, because they don’t have a lot of money, but it’s still better opportunity than what they have available to them in their country, otherwise they wouldn’t do it. So wtf is this wealth test supposed to test for?