The number of issued green cards at risk

Americans can officially weigh the pros and cons Trump's administration offers to punish legal US permanent residents who used certain government benefits, making it difficult for them to get a green card or visa.

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The proposal was accepted for consideration, despite the fact that research shows that legal permanent residents use benefits such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Medicaid to the same extent as US citizens, notes Wuky.

The rule appeared in the Federal Register last Wednesday and was posted for the 60-day public discussion on the site. Regulations.gov. Ben Monterroso, executive director of the Latin American support group Mi Familia Vota, considers this move to be brutal.

“This act continues what President Trump started - the narrative that immigrants are all bad people, slackers, lazy people and criminals,” Monterroso said. “This is yet another attack on the Latino community.”

Monterroz also points out that migrants without documents are not eligible for most types of state aid.

The Department of Homeland Security says people who receive these types of assistance must be declared a "government official," which will count against them when they apply for a green card or visa.

The rule also makes it difficult to get green cards for people who earn less than 15 000 dollars a year, regardless of whether they receive government benefits.

Monterroz hopes that voters will remember these nuances in the November elections.

“They're attacking the community, expecting and hoping that the community isn't going to defend itself, but I think it's gone too far,” he argues. “This is a time when we can use our power to elect people who truly respect the community and see us as part of the country and not as outsiders who might just be disposable workers.”

The move is part of a series of federal measures targeting the immigrant community. Some of these involve litigation, including ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) programs, intensifying immigration raids, separating parents and children at the border, and moving to end a policy that allows migrants to sponsor family members in USA.

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