FROM THE PENTAGON, COURTNEY, APPRECIATE IT.
APPRECIATE IT. >>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
>>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION INTRODUCED A NEW RULE TODAY THAT
INTRODUCED A NEW RULE TODAY THAT MAKES IT HARDER FOR LOW-INCOME
MAKES IT HARDER FOR LOW-INCOME IMMIGRANTS TO STAY IN AMERICA.
IMMIGRANTS TO STAY IN AMERICA. JIM, WHAT IS THIS RULE EXACTLY?
JIM, WHAT IS THIS RULE EXACTLY? HOW DOES IT SPECIFICALLY TARGET
HOW DOES IT SPECIFICALLY TARGET LOWER-INCOME IMMIGRANTS?
LOWER-INCOME IMMIGRANTS? >> SO AMERICAN LAW SAYS PEOPLE
>> SO AMERICAN LAW SAYS PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKELY TO BECOME A
WHO ARE LIKELY TO BECOME A PUBLIC CHARGE OF THE GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC CHARGE OF THE GOVERNMENT CAN BE DENIED IMMIGRATION
CAN BE DENIED IMMIGRATION STATUS.
STATUS. WHEN YOU HAVE A WORK VISA,
WHEN YOU HAVE A WORK VISA, YOU’RE APPLYING FOR A GREEN
YOU’RE APPLYING FOR A GREEN CARD, IF YOU’VE BEEN IN THE
CARD, IF YOU’VE BEEN IN THE COUNTRY LEGALLY AND YOU WANT TO
COUNTRY LEGALLY AND YOU WANT TO APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP, THOSE ARE
APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE -- YOUR ABILITY TO
THE PEOPLE -- YOUR ABILITY TO PAY YOUR OWN BILLS CAN COME INTO
PAY YOUR OWN BILLS CAN COME INTO EFFECT.
EFFECT. BUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
BUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REALIZED THAT THE WORDS "PUBLIC
REALIZED THAT THE WORDS "PUBLIC CHARGE" WAS NOT DEFINED IN
CHARGE" WAS NOT DEFINED IN FEDERAL LAW.
FEDERAL LAW. THEY DEFINED IT BY ESSENTIALLY
THEY DEFINED IT BY ESSENTIALLY SAYING, IF YOU RECEIVE
SAYING, IF YOU RECEIVE NONMONETARY PUBLIC BENEFITS,
NONMONETARY PUBLIC BENEFITS, LIKE HEALTH CARE, FOOD STAMPS,
LIKE HEALTH CARE, FOOD STAMPS, THINGS THAT HELP LOWER-INCOME
THINGS THAT HELP LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING OR
FAMILIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING OR HAVING MOMENTS OF HARD TIMES,
HAVING MOMENTS OF HARD TIMES, THAT THOSE THINGS COULD ACTUALLY
THAT THOSE THINGS COULD ACTUALLY WORK AGAINST YOU ON YOUR
WORK AGAINST YOU ON YOUR APPLICATIONS.
APPLICATIONS. ON YOUR IMMIGRATION
ON YOUR IMMIGRATION APPLICATIONS.
APPLICATIONS. IF YOU’VE GOT A GREEN CARD AND
IF YOU’VE GOT A GREEN CARD AND YOU’VE HAD FOOD STAMPS FOR A
YOU’VE HAD FOOD STAMPS FOR A YEAR AFTER SOMEONE IN YOUR
YEAR AFTER SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY, HOUSEHOLD, LOST
FAMILY, HOUSEHOLD, LOST EMPLOYMENT, YOUR GREEN CARD
EMPLOYMENT, YOUR GREEN CARD APPLICATION COULD BE DENIED
APPLICATION COULD BE DENIED BECAUSE OF THIS.
BECAUSE OF THIS. >> WOW.
>> WOW. WHEN DOES THIS TAKE EFFECT AND
WHEN DOES THIS TAKE EFFECT AND ARE THERE ANY EXEMPTIONS OR
ARE THERE ANY EXEMPTIONS OR YOU’RE A LOW-INCOME IMMIGRANT,
YOU’RE A LOW-INCOME IMMIGRANT, YOU’VE GOT TO WATCH?
YOU’VE GOT TO WATCH? >> THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS.
>> THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS. SERVICE MEMBERS.
SERVICE MEMBERS. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SAID, SOME OF OUR LOWER-INCOME
SAID, SOME OF OUR LOWER-INCOME EMPLOYEES ARE ACTUALLY ON FOOD
EMPLOYEES ARE ACTUALLY ON FOOD STAMPS AND WE DON’T WANT THEIR
STAMPS AND WE DON’T WANT THEIR CITIZENSHIP STATUS TO BE AT
CITIZENSHIP STATUS TO BE AT RISK.
RISK. IT HAS PREGNANT WOMEN AND
IT HAS PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. CERTAIN BENEFITS THAT ARE
CERTAIN BENEFITS THAT ARE EMERGENCY BENEFITS, EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY BENEFITS, EMERGENCY MEDICAID IS EXEMPT AS WELL.
MEDICAID IS EXEMPT AS WELL. BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT’S
BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT’S PRETTY BROAD.
PRETTY BROAD. >> I KNOW MIGRATION POLICY
>> I KNOW MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE, THAT’S AN IMMIGRATION
INSTITUTE, THAT’S AN IMMIGRATION THINK TANK, SORT OF ASSESSED HOW
THINK TANK, SORT OF ASSESSED HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT OUR
THIS WOULD IMPACT OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? THIS IS A RULE THAT’S BEEN IN
THIS IS A RULE THAT’S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR SOME TIME.
THE WORKS FOR SOME TIME. >> YES.
>> YES. THEY FIRST PRODUCED IT, AN IDEA
THEY FIRST PRODUCED IT, AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY WANTED THIS TO LOOK
OF WHAT THEY WANTED THIS TO LOOK LIKE, A YEAR AGO, AND THEY FOUND
LIKE, A YEAR AGO, AND THEY FOUND IT COULD HAVE REALLY BIG
IT COULD HAVE REALLY BIG EFFECTS, IT COULD DRAMATICALLY
EFFECTS, IT COULD DRAMATICALLY AFFECT WHO GETS APPROVED AS AN
AFFECT WHO GETS APPROVED AS AN IMMIGRANT HERE IN THE COUNTRY.
IMMIGRANT HERE IN THE COUNTRY. A LOT OF LATIN AMERICAN
A LOT OF LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS MIGHT HAVE BEEN
IMMIGRANTS MIGHT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BEFORE THIS, THIS IS
APPROVED BEFORE THIS, THIS IS GOING TO BE GEARED TOWARD THE
GOING TO BE GEARED TOWARD THE WEALTHIER, EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS.
WEALTHIER, EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS. YOUR ABILITY TO PAY YOUR BILLS
YOUR ABILITY TO PAY YOUR BILLS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CONSIDERATION
HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CONSIDERATION IN YOUR IMXWRAUGS STATUS, BUT
IN YOUR IMXWRAUGS STATUS, BUT THIS MAKES IT A LOT HARDER.
THIS MAKES IT A LOT HARDER. YOUR CREDIT SCORE CAN BE
YOUR CREDIT SCORE CAN BE CONSIDERED.
CONSIDERED. A LOT MORE, LIKE APPLYING FOR A
A LOT MORE, LIKE APPLYING FOR A MORTGAGE THAN A LOT OF OTHER
MORTGAGE THAN A LOT OF OTHER THINGS IN THE AMERICAN MIGRATION
THINGS IN THE AMERICAN MIGRATION SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. >> TAKING THE PHRASE "PUBLIC
>> TAKING THE PHRASE "PUBLIC CHARGE" AND DEFINING IT,
CHARGE" AND DEFINING IT, NARROWING IT DOWN TO SPECIFICS.
