Politics
States and cities sue over Trump rule on green cards and public benefits
AP News · 2 weeks ago · Read the Full Story on AP News
AI SUMMARY
Democratic-led U.S. states and cities filed lawsuits challenging a federal rule that gives the administration broad discretion to deny green cards to immigrants relying on public assistance.
- Democratic-led states and cities filed lawsuits Monday in federal court in Manhattan challenging a federal rule set to take effect Friday.
- The rule gives President Donald Trump’s administration broad discretion to deny green cards to immigrants who rely on public assistance for food, healthcare, housing, and other basic needs.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a coalition of 21 other states in one of the lawsuits.
- States involved in the legal challenge include California, Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wisconsin.
- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani filed a separate suit alongside leaders of other U.S. cities, including Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle.
- The lawsuits argue the new rule is arbitrary and capricious, exceeds the Department of Homeland Security's statutory authority, and departs from longstanding public charge provisions.
- The rule allows immigration officers to count nearly any public benefit used for any length of time against a green card applicant, even if utilized by a U.S. citizen family member.
- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security dismissed the lawsuits and defended the measure.
- The policy revives a public charge rule originally imposed during Trump's first term and later reversed under President Joe Biden.
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