WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 13th August, 2019) New York Attorney General Letitia James in a statement said she plans to sue President Donald Trump's administration over its policy to deny a path to citizenship to immigrants who use welfare benefits in the United States.
Earlier in the day, the administration announced that immigrants may be denied permanent residence status in the United States if they use food assistance, housing vouchers and other welfare benefits over a threshold referred to as a "public charge."
"Trump's new public charge rule is yet one more example of his Administration turning its back on people fighting to make a better life for them and their families," James said on Monday. "Under this rule, children will go hungry; families will go without medical care. I am committed to defending all of New York's communities, which is why I intend to sue the Trump Administration over this egregious rule."
On May 17, Trump presented his administration's plan for a new merit-based legal immigration system that will increase the proportion of high-skilled immigrants allowed entry into the United States from 12 percent to 57 percent.
An increasing number of migrants from Central America have been arriving to the US border with Mexico in recent months. Trump has called the surge of arrivals a crisis and declared a national emergency in February in order to secure funds to build a border wall to stem the tide of illegal immigration.
