Controversial Public Charge Rule To Be Enforced Retroactively

The Department of Homeland Security will resume implementing its controversial public charge rule nationwide, including applying it retroactively, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that a stay on the rule in three states can be lifted. The rule, finalized in August, expands federal immigration authorities’ ability to deny green cards or visas to legal immigrants based on their potential use of government benefits, including Medicaid. On July 29, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration...