DHS eyes more welfare for legal immigrants as Supreme Court hears challenge:
The Biden administration has moved to make it more attractive for immigrants to sign up for welfare, laying down a marker just days before the Supreme Court is slated to take up the issue in a legal challenge seeking to restore stricter Trump-era rules.
The Homeland Security Department released a proposal to raise the bar for becoming a “public charge.” Joining programs such as Medicaid won’t be counted against most immigrants, it said.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said immigrants “will not be penalized for choosing to access the health benefits and other supplemental government services available to them.”
The proposal, announced late last week, tries to unwind a Trump-era policy that pressured immigrants to pay their own way.
That policy goes before the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
“While America is indeed the land of opportunity, it’s not the land of the welfare state,” Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich told The Washington Times.
Mr. Brnovich is leading the defense of the Trump-era rules because the Biden administration has refused to do so. Mr. Mayorkas said the rules were “not consistent with our nation’s values.” --->READ MORE HERE
Biden Administration Proposes Change to ‘Public Charge’ Rule, Allowing Immigrants More Benefits:
On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed a change to the “public charge” rule that would increase the number of government benefits immigrants can receive without affecting their green card applications.
Under the proposed change, immigrants can receive food stamps (formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP), most Medicaid and housing benefits, as well as enroll in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Benefits that would still be counted against an immigrant applying for a green card include Supplemental Security Income (SSI), cash assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), state, tribal, and local cash assistance programs, and “institutionalization for long-term care at government expense.”
“DHS would also not consider disaster assistance received under the Stafford Act; pandemic assistance; benefits received via a tax credit or deduction; or Social Security, government pensions, or other earned benefits,” read a statement from DHS announcing the proposed change
“The 2019 public charge rule was not consistent with our nation’s values,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in the statement. “Under this proposed rule, we will return to the historical understanding of the term ‘public charge,’ and individuals will not be penalized for choosing to access the health benefits and other supplemental government services available to them.” --->READ MORE HERE
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