US Supreme Court lets hardline Trump immigration policy take effect

WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court gave the go-ahead on Monday for one of President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies, allowing his administration to implement a rule denying legal permanent residency to certain immigrants deemed likely to require government assistance in the future.

Lawsuits aiming to block the policy were filed against the administration by the states of New York, Connecticut and Vermont as well as by New York City and several nonprofit organisations. The administration can now enforce the rule nationwide except in Illinois, where a lower court has blocked its implementation.

At issue is which immigrants will be granted legal permanent residency, known as a"green card." Under Trump's policy, immigration officers would consider factors such as age, educational level and English proficiency to decide whether an immigrant would likely become a"public charge" who would receive government benefits such as the Medicaid health insurance programme for the poor.

US immigration law has long required officials to exclude people likely to become a"public charge" from permanent residency. US guidelines in place for the past two decades had said immigrants likely to become primarily dependent on direct cash assistance or long-term institutionalisation, in a nursing home for example, at public expense would be barred.

Claudia Center, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, said the rule targets disabled people applying for green cards and"enshrines the false stereotype that people with disabilities do not contribute to our society."

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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