the US government has set new standards
for obtaining permanent residency and US
citizenship as part of the Trump
administration's efforts to reduce
immigration our kingdom a tells us more
the Trump administration unveiled a new
rule on Monday that could deny visas or
permanent residency to hundreds of
thousands of people for being too poor
the new policy would reject applicants
for a temporary or permanent visas who
fail to meet income standards or who
receive public assistance including food
stamps welfare and public housing coming
into force on October 15th the change
aims to ensure that immigrants are
self-sufficient according to the
administration through the public charge
rule president Trump's administration is
reinforcing the ideals of
self-sufficiency and personal
responsibility ensuring that immigrants
are able to support themselves and
become successful here in America the
837 page rule seeks to redefine what it
means to be a public charge and who's
likely to be one under US immigration
law the current regulations put in place
back in 1996 say the term public charges
are defined as someone who is primarily
dependent on government assistance
meaning it supplies more than half of
their income from now on wealth
education age and English language
skills will take on a greater importance
in the process of obtaining a green card
showing higher levels of income is now
much more necessary for visa applicants
immigrant advocates argue that the rule
would discriminate against those from
poorer countries and eventually prompt
illegal residents to give up needed
public aid AP reported over 380,000 out
of the 540 thousand applicants every
year will have to face the new
evaluations and according to the
migration policy institute more than
half of all family based green card
applications will be denied under the
new rules kim dami arirang news
