Proposed change to the "public charge" rule

[redbird]

The administration is trying to sneak through a change in the immigration definition of a "public charge." Under the proposed rule, immigrants could be turned away if they earned less than 250% of the federal poverty line and use any of a variety of programs such as Medicaid or SNAP (food stamps).

Comments are open, but only through the 15th. Please write in about this.

MIRA has information about the proposal, hints about what to put in comments, and a form you can use to submit comments if you don't want to use the federal government's website.

ETA: Starlady looked at the Federal Register and found that we have until December 10 to comment.

(I'm cross-posting this here and to thisfinecrew.)

Comments

[alexseanchai]

who the fuck do they think is going to pick tomatoes?

[ranunculus]

And grapes, and strawberries and....

[voidampersand]

People without any effective legal rights. People who can be threatened with deportation if they ask for their pay.

[bugshaw]

:-( In the UK they want to increase the minimum earning threshold to £50k, which is a top 5-10% income. No nurses, almost no doctors.

[minoanmiss]

Oh lovely.

*sets out to compose a comment*