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White House hopes to restrict immigrants who use taxpayer-funded benefits

By REUTERS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018 01:55

WASHINGTON, - The Trump administration on Saturday said it would propose making it harder for foreigners living in the United States to qualify for permanent US residency if they have received public benefits such as food aid, public housing or Medicaid.

The proposed regulation from the Department of Homeland Security would instruct immigration officers to consider whether a person has received a range of taxpayer-funded benefits to which they are legally entitled in determining whether a potential immigrant is likely to become a public burden.

US immigration law has long required officials to exclude a person likely to become a "public charge" from permanent residence. But U.S. guidelines in place for nearly two decades narrowly define "public charge" to be a person "primarily dependent on the government for subsistence," either through direct cash assistance or government-funded long-term care.

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