With Trump’s new immigration rule, a deep bow toward ‘America First’
It is perhaps the starkest example yet in the Trump presidency of “America First.”
Foreigners in the United States, legally present, could find themselves on a flight back to their native land. Families of “mixed status” – typically, noncitizen parents with citizen children – could face a choice of either leaving the U.S. together or splitting up. And over time, the face of American immigration could become whiter and wealthier.
The Trump administration’s new rule expanding the definition of “public charge” is designed to promote self-sufficiency among noncitizens
What is the new rule? Is anyone exempt? Is this new policy legal? Are immigrants a burden on taxpayers?
